Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "the cask of amontillado."
"he had a weak point--this fortunato--although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared." (4 points)

select one:
a. irony/sarcasm
b. setting
c. characterization
d. tragic resolution

Based on the author’s description of long island, the reader can infer that this novel willrelate events about unconventional individuals. relate events that occur directly within the city of new york. relate events that are supernatural and terrifying in nature. relate events having to do with highly privileged individuals.

Read these sentences from thr excerpt. what the most dreaded, that i most desired. what he most loved, i most hated. that which to him was a great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. which statement best explains why the author uses parallel structure to advance his purpose?

Samuel johnson believed that literature should appeal mainly to the scholar, to him the common man, to teach him the common man, to teach and him the king and the parliament