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Find the vocabulary words associated with the paragraph you are reading
Infer how the author uses the word . What connotations can you make out as you scan the story
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Word definition Infer how the word is used in

the story .
What connotations if any are
being made ?
Provide examples from the
text

abscond

accost

colossal

repose

retribution punishment inflicted on The author is trying to

someone as vengeance for a
wrong or criminal act.
"employees asked not to be
named, saying they feared
retribution"
express that….
A wrong is unredressed
when retribution
overtakes its redresser.

The connotation is found….in

retribution because it
implies/denotes “payback” it
brings feelings of anger and
hate.

cask

amontillado

fettered

nitre

roquelaire
flambeaux

Mason : not the brick

definition