Activity 11: Making Inferences
Directions: As explained earlier in this chapter, an inference is something a reader learns from a text through information that was never directly given, stated, or
explained by the author Review the information about inferences and the story if necessary, and then answer the question below.
1. Remember that an inference is information given in a story that is not directly stated by the author, but it is still very important in order to understand a story. Place
a checkmark next to each inference the reader needed to make in order to understand "The Cask of Amontillado"
Montresor and Fortunato are wearing costumes because it is
carnival time.
One reason Montresor is wearing a costume is to be sure no
one recognizes him when he is walking back to his house with
Fortunato.
Fortunato was a competitive person because he got jealous
when he thought Luchesi was going to taste the Amontillado.
Montresor leads Fortunato down into the catacombs where
many people were buried.
Montresor and Fortunato were down in the catacombs until
midnight
Montresor was upset because Fortunato had seriously offended
him and wanted revenge.
No one ever found Fortunato, who Montresor buried alive down
in the catacombs.
Montresor kept giving Fortunato wine because he knew he
could not resist it and wanted Fortunato to keep following him

Activity 11 Making Inferences Directions As explained earlier in this chapter an inference is something a reader learns from a text through information that was class=

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Answer:

Making Inferences:

1. One reason Montresor is wearing a costume is to be sure no one recognizes him when he is walking back to his house with Fortunato.

2. Montresor was upset because Fortunato had seriously offended him and wanted revenge.

3. No one ever found Fortunato, who Montresor buried alive down in the catacombs.

4. Montresor kept giving Fortunato wine because he knew he could not resist it and wanted Fortunato to keep following him.

Explanation:

One makes an inference when they use what they know to guess about what they do not know or read in a text.  It is from suggestive clues in a text or in a situation that someone can make inferences.  To figure out a meaning from some actions or situations, the reader infuses his or her personal experiences.  Combining such clues and experiences helps him to form an opinion or make a conclusion.

"The Cask of Amontillado" is an 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe.  It narrates the intrigue with which Montresor beguiled Fortunato in order to murder him in revenge for supposed offences against Montresor.