Themes/Symbols
This is the theme of "The Most Dangerous Game."
What is that it is easier to be the hunter than the hunted?
The main character in "The Most Dangerous Game"
Who is Rainsford?
A point in a story’s plot where the tension is building, but has not reached its “boiling point”
What is rising action?
In "The Most Dangerous Game," we meet Rainsford, and he is smoking on his ship. We also learn that he is going hunting.
What is the exposition?
This is the largest state in the US
What is Alaska?
One thing can change your life.
What is the theme of "A Sound of Thunder?"
Mrs. Mallard's sister
Who is Josephine?
A type of characterization where characters that are relatively uncomplicated and go through very little change, or character development, as the story progresses.
What is static characterization?
In "A Sound of Thunder," the dinosaur is killed.
What is the climax?
What is the Angel Waterfall?
This symbolized the joy that Mrs. Mallard felt when she realized her husband was dead.
What is her heart disease?
The name of the cat in "The Black Cat"
Who is Pluto?
An idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning; an educated guess
What is an inference?
In "The Black Cat," the main character kills his wife.
What is the climax?
This is the world's first national park.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This symbolized how sometimes when were looking for the bad in others, that same evil can really just be inside of us.
What is the cat in "The Black Cat"?
This is what the main character does to the cat.
What is stab his eye/kill him?
A type of narration where the narrator is not a person in the story, but instead tells the story from the perspective (thoughts/feelings) of multiple characters at a time.
What is third person omniscient?
In "The Story of an Hour," Mrs. Mallard learns that her husband has died in a train wreck.
What is the exposition?
This US city has the highest altitude above sea level
What is Santa Fe, California?
This symbolized the change that took place in "A Sound of Thunder" (there is more than one acceptable answer to this).
What is the butterfly, the dinosaur, the election, the sign at the travel agency?
This is the country that General Zaroff is originally from.
What is Russia?
Mr. Azzaro's favorite vocabulary word
What is denouement?
In "A Sound of Thunder," the time travelers return home.
What is the falling action?
The first African American to join a Major League Baseball team
Who is Jackie Robinson?