Cask of Amontillado Vocab and Plot Assessment

Front

Warning of a future event

Back

Foreshadowing

Front

Contrast between expectations and reality

Back

Irony

Front

Audience knows truth, characters do not

Back

Dramatic Irony

Front

Actions with opposite outcomes

Back

Situational Irony

Front

Contrast between what is said and what is meant

Back

Verbal Irony

Front

Exemption from negative consequences

Back

Impunity

Front

Punishment as vengeance

Back

Retribution

Front

Approach aggressively and boldly

Back

Accosted

Front

To step back in fear or disgust

Back

Recoiling

Front

To beg earnestly or desperately

Back

Implore