Begin planning to write a narrative essay using the narrative organizer.

choose one of the following topics for your narrative essay.

in the short story, "the cask of amontillado," the reader is never told what the exact insult was that caused montresor to seek revenge against fortunato. write to tell what happened before the story begins in "the cask of amontillado."

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in the short story, "the cask of amontillado," the reader is never told what becomes of montresor after he completes his plot against fortunato. write to tell what happened after the story ends in "the cask of amontillado."
you will only submit part one of your narrative organizer, though you will be completely writing a narrative essay of 1,000 to 1,500 words in subsequent lessons.

In the short story, "The Cask of Amontillado," the reader is never told what becomes of Montresor after he completes his plot against Fortunato. Write to tell what happened after the story ends in "The Cask of Amontillado."

Explanation:

My heart is pounding, I thought I’d feel justified about my revenge, my heart pounds threatening to burst through my rib cage. “What have I done?” I feel the vomit pushing up my throat, I become sweaty, dizzy, I try to take a deep breath only to be met by Fortunato’s fresh blood trickling through his head like a fountain, I fail to hold the vomit back, it comes out gushing and spills all over my boots. “What have I done?”  I try to calm myself, “he deserves this, such insults do not go unpunished, and he deserved it”. There was nothing I could do, he was gone, Fortunato is gone, I turn towards the door, closed it behind me and walked away.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

mark twain, real name samuel langhorne clemens, was an american writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. among his novels are the adventures of tom sawyer and its sequel, the adventures of huckleberry finn, the latter often called "the great american novel". wikipedia