Vocab
Figurative Language
The Lottery
The Outsiders
The Most Dangerous Game
100

Minuscule 

very tiny

100

A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two similar things is called: 

Simile 

100

Summarize the short story The Lottery 

The story is about a village where an annual lottery is drawn. However, the fate of the person who draws the 'winning' slip is only revealed at the end of the story in a dark twist.

100

Summarize the story The Outsiders

The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1965. Fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis is the youngest of three orphaned brothers who live on the north side of town, the "wrong side" of the tracks.

100

Summarize the short story the most dangerous game

The most dangerous game is about a man who claims to hunt animals for fun becoming the hunted. Sanger Rainsford is hunted by General Zaroff on Ship Trap Island for sport, and he eventually becomes the prey he has hunted

200

Traitor 

Disloyal person 
200

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence? You are a devil.

Metaphor 

200

What is the theme of the short story The Lottery 

 the power of tradition and ritual

200
What is the main theme of The Outsiders 

The main theme of The Outsiders is self-identity vs. group identity.

200

Who wrote the short story The Most Dangerous Game? 

Richard Connell

300
Vaguely 

Unclearly 

300

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence? Don’t beat around the bush.

Idiom 

300

What are the main characters of the short story The Lottery 

Mr. Summers, Old Man Warner, and Tessie Hutchinson.

300
Who is the another of The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton

300

What is most likely the theme of the Moth Dangerous Games

The most likely main idea of "The Most Dangerous Game" is that humans and animals share a closer connection than some think. The story explores the relationship between animal and human and how power can dictate the interactions between them

400

Boisterous 

Full of rough and joyful spirit 

400

Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence? The crimson apple glistened in her hand.

Imagery 

400

What is the setting of the story?

a small village in the summertime

400

Pony doesn’t want Johnny to cut his hair because

long hair is the Greaser’s trademark.

400

What is an example of foreshadowing in the Short Story The Most Dangerous Game. 

An example of foreshadowing in the text occurs when Rainsford hears gunshots and an animal screaming in the jungle.

500

Intricate 

Complicated has many small parts 

500

Define foreshadowing 

A hint at something that will happen later. 

500

From whose point of view is the story being told?

anonymous spectator

500

Soda says he dropped out of school because…

he thinks he is dumb.

500

What is a pun that is in The Most Dangerous Game? 

The title The Most Dangerous Game is considered a pun. 

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