“The Interlopers” Study Guide Create: You will work with a partner to create a study guide for the short story “The Interlopers” by
Saki, much like the study guide you used for the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. You must finish by the end of the
period. This study guide must include:
1.
Vocabulary: include a section with 5-10 words that you feel are not common knowledge but necessary to understand the
story
2. Diction (Connotation/Denotation): include at least 2 words that you feel have more than one meaning used in the story;
words that the author utilizes the multiple meanings of in the story
3. Plot: create a plot diagram that represents your story’s progression and leave blanks for exposition, rising action, climax,
falling action, denouement/resolution
4. Setting: include a section on the setting (time and place), emphasizing the significance of the setting to the major
themes/concepts in the story – how is the setting revealed?
5. Point of View: include a section on the point-of-view, emphasizing how the point of view affects the suspense
6. Symbols: include at least 2 symbols and how these symbols support major themes/concepts
7. Theme: include at least one major theme and how this theme is represented in the story
8. Conflict: include at least one internal and two external conflicts
9. Irony: include at least one example of irony, emphasizing how the irony supports the major themes/concepts
10. Imagery/Diction/Tone: include a section on the imagery/diction in the story, emphasizing how the imagery supports the
author’s tone or attitude towards the major ideas or topics in the story
11. Key: include an answer key with all answers to your questions
12. Format: needs to be typed, 12 point, Times New Roman font
“The Interlopers” Study Guide Create: You will work with a partner to create a study guide for the short story “The Interlopers” by
Saki, much like the study guide you used for the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. You must finish by the end of the
period. This study guide must include:
1.
Vocabulary: include a section with 5-10 words that you feel are not common knowledge but necessary to understand
the story
2. Diction (Connotation/Denotation): include at least 2 words that you feel have more than one meaning used in the
story; words that the author utilizes the multiple meanings of in the story
3. Plot: create a plot diagram that represents your story’s progression and leave blanks for exposition, rising action,
climax, falling action, denouement/resolution
4. Setting: include a section on the setting (time and place), emphasizing the significance of the setting to the major
themes/concepts in the story – how is the setting revealed?
5. Point of View: include a section on the point-of-view, emphasizing how the point of view affects the suspense
6. Symbols: include at least 2 symbols and how these symbols support major themes/concepts
7. Theme: include at least one major theme and how this theme is represented in the story
8. Conflict: include at least one internal and two external conflicts
9. Irony: include at least one example of irony, emphasizing how the irony supports the major themes/concepts
10. Imagery/Diction/Tone: include a section on the imagery/diction in the story, emphasizing how the imagery supports
the author’s tone or attitude towards the major ideas or topics in the story
11. Key: include an answer key with all answers to your questions
12. Format: needs to be typed, 12 point, Times New Roman font