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“The Cask of Amontillado”
The Works of Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
| Abstract: Fortunato pays the price for insulting the Montressor family name. | ||||
Source: Edgar Allan Poe, The Works of Edgar Allen Poe (New York: Harper and Bros., 1910) | ||||
Lexile Level: TBD | Origin: American | Genre: Fiction, Historical | ||
| Reading Level: 7 | Language: English | File Name: 0034 | ||
| Sunshine State Standards: LA.E.1.3.1: Identifies the defining characteristics of classic literature, such as timelessness, dealing with universal themes and experiences, and communicating across cultures. LA.E.1.3.3: Understands various elements of authors’ craft appropriate at this grade level, including word choice, symbolism, figurative language, mood, irony, foreshadowing, flashback, persuasion techniques, and point of view in both fiction and nonfiction. LA.E.2.3.5: Recognizes different approaches that can be applied to the study of literature, including thematic approaches change, personal approaches such as what an individual brings to his or her study of literature, historical approaches such as how a piece of literature reflects the time period in which it was written. | ||||
Theme: Revenge, Selfishness | ||||
| Reading Activity: Story Maps and Frames, Character Analyisis | ||||
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