(4)Thursday, September 16, Morning- AMONTILLADO

Dive into Amontillado! Boost reading skills with context clues, tone, and literary devices.

Read the passage below, use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word.That might be the worst thing about being trapped in here: I have no idea what's going on outside this room.I wish I could remember more. I don't think I have amnesia....or do I? I remember my name, my age, my address, and my phone number. When my mom comes in my room wearing the chili-pepper apron I gave her when I was in eighth grade, I recognize her.I remember, at the age of ten, holding a cold marshmallow milkshake in one hand while riding my ten- speed down a hill. A dog started chasing me and I squeezed the front brake. remembering everything forgetting everything hoping for everything wanting everything Read the passage below. What is the "little birdie" that Ryan refers to?It was small, about the size of a nickel. He called it his little birdie. a cribbage game a poker punishment a tattoo that Paul, Ryan's dad, has a symbol found in the library Based on the entry titled: Thursday, September 16, 11:20 AM, what detail causes Sarah's memory to be nudged? "Old Joe Bush sloshing toward me in his wet boots, draggins his busted leg behind." "Leaning over the biggest of the many gears, I peered down onto the hidden floorboards below. There was a little round mark, about the size of a nickel. I'd see that mark before." "The sound of the leg being dragged- dragged- dragged- and then ping! Something clicked forward in my memory." "I remember it was dark and I wanted to go home. I was looking at the rusted-over gears, trying to imagine how they could have moved." Which of the details below, explains the CAUSE of Old Joe Bush's death? "The man wore work gloves and overalls and glasses. He was a big man, not the slightest bit photogenic." "He had a dazed look of someone who had been bothered and wanted to be left alone. Had he been caught in the middle of something important?" "Those gears pulled him right through and spit him down into the water. They say he drowned because every pocket he had was full of stolen gold." "They say Old Joe Bush had wet boots, like he'd crawled up out of the water beneath the dredge where he drowned and came back to claim what was his." "Old Joe Bush sank like his feet were in concrete, right to the bottom."Which of the following figurative language examples is demonstrated by the quote above? metaphor personification hyperbole simile Which of the following passages demonstrates the physical attributes of Henry? "Henry wears rainbow-colored suspenders and a crisp white shirt wherever he goes, so you can see the good time coming from a long way off. He has muttonchops- and I don't mean for dinner- really wide. Like Elvis in the 70's sideburns." "He has a reputation for throwing the most outrageous poker parties in Skeleton Creek during his visits. Playing cards with Henry is a little different than cards with normal people, because there's always an unknown array of punishments for the losing hands." "Henry used to visit more often. That's because he was employed by New York Gold and SIlver. He was in charge of what I now know were assets number 42,43, and 44, all dredges scattered around the western states." "Henry was born and raised in the big city, but I think there was something about Skeleton Creek that Affected him from the very beginning. It probably happens to a lot of people from New York." Who is Daryl Bonner? a nickname for Old Joe Bush Paul McCray's son the new park ranger a librarian to replace Gladys Morgan Tone is the feeling the author is trying to make you feel when reading or viewing a video.What was the tone of the video Amontillado? inviting tense excited humorous What does Sarah tell Ryan to watch out for? Old Joe Bush returning to his house flying cans of pop stairs while navigating with Big Bertha leaving his journal out in the open for Henry to discover What are the two places that Ryan and Sarah have seen "the birdie"?Your answer needs to be written in a complete sentence, start with capital letters and end with punctuation.