A choice that could a writer use to quote evidence supporting the statement that Edgar Allan Poe foreshadows the death of Fortunato is The speaker's smile toward Fortunato is fake. "... .he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."
Montresor in his text gives several shreds of evidence to Fortunato as well as the audience about his motives. Montresor feign his concern towards Fortunato when he coughs violently <em>“We will go back; your health is precious”, “We will go back you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible” </em>
To which Fortunato replies being <em>“a mere nothing”</em> and will not kill him. When Montresor replies "<em>true, true"</em> to Fortunato claiming his awareness regarding his death. Herein, Poe combines verbal irony and foreshadows the suspense through the smile of the speaker.
Answer:
B. The Hudson River became polluted in the effort to gain wealth.
Explanation:
The given question refers to an excerpt from the story <em>River of Dreams</em> written by Hudson Talbott.
A summary is a shortened version of a piece of writing (e.g. an excerpt, chapter, book, article). It should contain only the main ideas and most important supporting details presented in the text. The main idea is the most important point the author is making, and supporting details are pieces of information that explain, describe, illustrate, or expand the main idea.
The author of the given excerpt tells about how the Hudson River became polluted while people living around it aimed to gain wealth. That is the main idea of the excerpt, which is why option B is the correct one. The rest of the options are supporting details, which makes them incorrect.
