RACE FORMAT Copy into 2nd section of notebook: Example: What is the climax of “The Cask of Amontillado”?   Restate the prompt: The climax of “The Cask of Amontillado” is… Answer the question: when Montresor seeks an answer and receives none. Cite: “’Fortunato!’ No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells.” Explain: This is the highest point of intensity in the story as the course has been “set in stone” so to speak, and there is no turning back.

Answer the following using RACE What character trait makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor? Restate the prompt:

Answer the following using RACE What character trait makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor? Restate the prompt: The character trait that makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor is Answer the question:

Answer the following using RACE What character trait makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor? Restate the prompt: The character trait that makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor is Answer the question: that of being prideful Cite evidence: “

Answer the following using RACE What character trait makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor? Restate the prompt: The character trait that makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor is Answer the question: that of being prideful Cite evidence: “…I am on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn it is he. He will tell me—” “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from sherry….Come, let us go.” Explain:

Answer the following using RACE What character trait makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor? Restate the prompt: The character trait that makes Fortunato easy prey for Montresor is Answer the question: that of being prideful Cite evidence: “…I am on my way to Luchesi. If any one has a critical turn it is he. He will tell me—” “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from sherry….Come, let us go.” Explain: Fortunato “prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.” Montresor used this weakness and raised his greed to flaunt it by pretending to seek Luchesi’s expertise over his. Fortunato fell over his pride into the crypt Montresor set for him every step of the way.

What was the main conflict in the story? R – Restate the prompt: The main conflict