Read the following excerpt from "the cask of amontillado" and answer question.

the thousand injuries of fortunato i had borne as i best could, but when he ventured upon insult i vowed revenge. you, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. at length i would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. i must not only punish, but punish with impunity. a wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. it is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

it must be understood that neither by word nor deed had i given fortunato cause to doubt my good will. i continued, as was my in to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.

based on the context clues, the word immolation most likely means
a. destruction
b. victory
c. failure
d. suffering

A. destruction

Explanation:

The context clues refer to the surrounding information of a word that helps us infer the meaning of that word. In the text, the narrator gives us several clues that help us infer that "immolation" means "destruction", some of them are: "but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge." "At length, I would be avenged" and "I must not only punish, but punish with impunity". All those sentences are indicators that the speaker was determined to do Fortunato great harm: to kill him, to destroy.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.