Agenda 9/9
• Sit in the same group you sat in yesterday
• Pick up “The Most Dangerous Game” Test Review &
Short Story Booklet Page Instructions
• Warm-up
• Take out your grammar homework
• Grammar Quiz – Friday
• Complete Group Activity – Short Answer/Constructed
Response
• Reminders:
• “The Most Dangerous Game” Test – Wednesday/Thursday
• Short Story Booklet due Wednesday/Thursday
“THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME”
TEST REVIEW
Foreshadowing
• What is foreshadowing?
The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
• Where do we see examples of foreshadowing in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
“‘Off there to the right –somewhere – is a large island,’ said Whitney. ‘It’s
rather a mystery –’”
“‘Sailors have a curious dread of the place’”
“Rainsford heard a sound. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming
sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror.”
Irony
• What is irony?
A contrast between appearance and reality – usually one in which
reality is the opposite from what it seems; when one thing is
expected to happen or be, and the exact opposite occurs.
• Where do we see examples of irony in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
“The world is made up of two classes –the hunters and the huntees. Luckily,
you and I are hunters”
“Half apologetically General Zaroff said, ‘We do our best to preserve the
amenities of civilization here. Please forgive any lapses. We are well off the
beaten track, you know’”?
Personification
• What is personification?
Writing that gives animals, inanimate objects or abstract ideas
human characteristics
• Where do we see examples of personification in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
“Ten minutes of determined effort brought another sound to his ears – the
most welcome he had ever heard – the muttering and growling of the seas
breaking on a rocky shore.”
“All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea, and that utter
weariness was on him.”
Imagery
• What is imagery?
The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects,
actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five
senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch).
• Where do we see examples of imagery in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
“With his remaining strength he dragged himself from the swirling
waters. Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness; he
forced himself upward hand over hand. Gasping, his hands raw, he
reached a flat place at the top.”
Simile
• What is a simile?
A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the
words LIKE or AS
• Where do we see examples of similes in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
“An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake and sleep
did not visit Rainsford.”
“Rainsford’s impulse was to hurl himself down like a panther”
Plot Development
• How do we diagram the plot of a story?
• Describe what occurs at each phase.
Conflicts:
Conflict
Characterization
• What is characterization?
• DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
• INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
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huge
mathematical
certainty.”
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bush
at four
he found
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prehistoric
beaver,
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hundred
studying
him,yards’”
appraising
began to dig.”
him narrowly”
Suspense
How does
Connell
develop
suspense
throughout
the story?
Theme
• What is theme?
A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary
work. A lesson about life or people.
• What themes are apparent in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
“‘Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder.’
The general
laughed
with entire good
He regarded
Theme
Statement:
All nature.
human
life hasRainsford
value.
quizzically. ‘I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as
you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human life.’”
The Ending
Why does the author exclude a final
“The general
sucked
in hisbetween
breath and
smiled.
‘I congratulate you,’
fight
scene
Zaroff
and
he said. ‘You have won the game.’ Rainsford did not smile. ‘I am
Rainsford?
Thesaid,
tension
between
the ‘Get ready,
still a beast
at bay,’ he
in a low,
hoarse voice.
two charactersGeneral
has been
building the
Zaroff.’
entire story, but the only detail the
reader made
receives
had never
slept
The general
one isof“he
his deepest
bows.
‘I see,’ he said.
‘Splendid!
of us isbed,
to furnish
a repast
for the hounds. The other
in One
a better
Rainsford
decided.”
will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford.’ . . .
He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.”