r/HomeworkHelp • u/jcearsscitch • 13d ago

Answered [help] daughter just sent me this

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u/monkey-bones 👋 a fellow Redditor 13d ago

Are these based on vocab words cuz wtf is this crossword

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u/SnooChickens2451 🤑 Tutor 13d ago

it is Based on the vocabulary lists from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado"

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u/Lower-Bottle6362 13d ago

I have read this story about 20 times. I don’t recall “Gibber” being in it?

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u/LastPlaceIWas 👋 a fellow Redditor 13d ago

It's not. I checked online and did a word search.

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u/Hopeful-Ordinary22 13d ago

Witter?

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u/LastPlaceIWas 👋 a fellow Redditor 13d ago

So, now I know how twitter got its name!

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u/gmalivuk 👋 a fellow Redditor 12d ago

It seems a few of these are not in "Amontillado", so the vocab list probably includes other stories than that.