Tuesday, February 19, 2013

In Class:

Preview vocabulary and setting for The Cask of Amontillado (p. 94-95)
Read first paragraph of the story on page 96

Homework:

Extra Credit - on a piece of paper with your name on it, turn in the answers to questions 1-4 using the correct vocabulary term

precluded - prevented from happening
impunity - freedom from punishment or harm
unredressed - not corrected
retribution - punishment for something done
immolation - destruction

1. The marauders knew they could steal from the old woman with ______________.
2. The defense lawyer felt that the public's desire for ______________  _______________ an acquittal.
3. The police agreed that the _____________ of the museum was the act of a crazed criminal.
4. A wrong is _________________ when punishment overtakes its redresser.