Lamb to the Slaughter
The Most Dangerous Game
A Sound of Thunder
The Tell-Tale Heart
Literary Devices
100

How would you characterize Mary Maloney?

Sweet, caring, a good wife, loving

100

What is the mood of the story when Rainsford and Whitney are on the yacht at the beginning?

Creepy, uneasy, nervous

100

Who is the protagonist of the story?

Eckles

100

What is the name of the narrator?

He doesn't have one

100

The simplest definition for this device is "a problem"

Conflict

200

Who is Sam?  What is his role in the story?

He is the grocer who becomes Mary's alibi.
200

Describe the outside of General Zaroff's home.  What impression does it give to any visitors?

Gargoyles, iron spiked gate, located on cliffs, massive, lots of lights.  It gives the impression that visitors are not welcome.

200

What is one example of foreshadowing in the story?

"Stay on the path!! NEVER step off!"

"There's a stiff penalty for anyone who breaks the rules"

Election results...

200

Provide an adjective that describes the mood of the story.

Dark, creepy, nervous, anxious...
200

The device gives hints or clues about what might happen in the future.

Foreshadowing

300

Why does Mary kill her husband?

He tells her that he's leaving her.  We do not know the reason.

300

Identify TWO examples of conflict within the story.

Zaroff vs. Rainsford

Rainsford vs. the jungle/the ocean

Rainsford vs. Ivan

Rainsford vs. Zaroff's dogs

300

What does Eckles do in the jungle that ends up changing the future?

He disobeys instructions by stepping off the path and kills a butterfly.

300

Is the narrator crazy or insane?  Provide an example from the text to support your point

Vernon to decide.

300

The time and place in which a story takes place.

Setting

400

What does Mary use to murder her husband?  Why are the police unable to find it?

A frozen leg of lamb.  The police cannot find it because Mary feeds it to them for dinner.

400

What is the climax of the Most Dangerous Game?

When Rainsford jumps out from behind the curtains in Zaroff's bedroom.

400
How would you characterize Eckles?

Rich, over-confident, nervous, disobedient

400

Aside from the plot (the story itself), what else does the narrator do to help us feel the mood of the story?

Language, repetition of words/phrases, gives us a crazy and not so reliable narrator

400

When the audience or reader knows something the characters do not.

Dramatic irony.

500

Explain the irony of the story.  (Hint: there are TWO examples)

The police officers end up eating the murder weapon they are looking for.  The title itself is ironic - a lamb is an animal that seems so sweet and innocent and it was used to murder a man.

500

Explain the double meaning of the title "the Most Dangerous Game".

"Game" can have two meanings - game refers to what is being hunted AND Zaroff considered hunting sailors a game.
500

What is the "sound of thunder" in the story? (2)

The T-Rex and the gun shot when Travis kills Eckles

500

What is the symbolism of the vulture eye?

The narrator was afraid that the old man (despite having a bad eye) would be able to see who he really was.

500

How the story makes the reader feel

Mood

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