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":

2. 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.

3. Fortunato was a competitive person because he got jealous when he thought Luchesi was going to taste the Amontillado.  

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

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

Explanation:

Making an inference is when the author does not directly provide the events or tells us the story. The readers have to try to make out the events of the story through the hints or other information given in the story to understand the story.

Among the given inferences in the list, the correct inferences are the second, third, seventh, and eighth sentences. These statements are inferences that readers have to make themselves to understand the events and the whole story. Whereas, the other sentences are directly stated by the author in one way or another. therefore, they are not inferences.

Thus, the correct answers are the second, third, seventh, and eighth sentences.

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)