Select the correct inference of the given passage from "the cask of amontillado."
"the nitre! " i said; "see, it increases. it hangs like moss upon the vaults. we are below the river's bed. the drops of moisture trickle among the bones. come, we will go back ere it is too late. your cough--"
"it is nothing," he said; "let us go on.
the narrator is worried about the nitre on the walls of the vault.
the narrator knows it is already too late for fortunato to escape.
fortunato is worried about the moisture and bones in the vaults.
fortunato wants to continue their descent into the vaults for the amontillado.

Throughout this 'coming of age' story, jeanne continues to grow and experience life. which of the following does the author point out as a consequence of her aging? a. her life becomes dull and pointless. b. she is old enough now to fear the future. c. she begins to resent her parents' failures. d. her life is full of bright promises.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Which of the plot elements below usually comes first in a story? climax exposition rising action resolution