The Story
Plot
Indirect Characterization/ Irony
Literary Devices
Inferencing
100
This is the country General Zaroff comes from.
What is Russia.
100
This is the plot point where Whitney and Rainsford are headed to Rio.
What is the exposition.
100
This character is described as being "a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as night."
Who is General Zaroff.
100
"It's like moist black velvet" is an example of this literary device.
What is imagery.
100
You can infer this when the author tells us that the island "has a reputation- a bad one."
What is that it is unsafe.
200
General Zaroff obtains men to hunt by doing this.
What is luring ships onto the rocks.
200
This plot point is when Rainsford jumps off the cliff.
What is the climax.
200
By not having Ivan speak when he answers the door, the author hints that he cannot do this.
What is talking.
200
When the author describes the sailor's dread of the island in the beginning he is building...
What is suspense.
200
We can infer this about Rainsford after learning he is traveling in a "yacht."
What is that he is wealthy.
300
These clues show that the General is a good hunter.
What are: he is bored of hunting extremely dangerous animals, he hunts with a .22 pistol, he can follow any extremely difficult trail at night, he has a number of animal heads on his wall, he has never lost his "game."
300
"He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided." This quote is an example of this plot point:
What is the resolution.
300
This part of Rainsford's character is revealed when he falls off the ship.
What is his courage, will to survive, and intelligence.
300
The main conflict in the story is...
What is "Man vs. Man."
300
We can infer that this has happened to General Zaroff when the author tells us that "Rainsford had never slept in a better bed."
What is he is killed by Rainsford.
400
These are the rules of the game.
What is they must survive 3 nights, are given knife/ food, and the general can only use a .22 pistol.
400
This is one event that occurs in the Rising Action.
What is Rainsford washing up on the island, meeting the general, hearing about the game, and being hunted by the General.
400
When Zaroff tells Rainsford they try to be "civilized" on the island, it is an example of this type of irony.
What is verbal irony.
400
Hinting at events that will happen in the future is this literary technique.
What is foreshadowing.
400
After learning that Ivan is a "knouter" we can infer that he does this with the prisoners for "fun."
What is tortures them.
500
These are the four traps Rainsford uses on the General.
What are making a difficult trail, the Malaya mancatcher, the Burmese tiger pit, and the knife sling shot.
500
The exposition informs us about these three things:
What is the characters, the setting, and the first conflict.
500
When General Zaroff tells us that he was upset about his dog being killed in the quicksand, but shows no remorse for the death of the man hiding from him in it, the author is using this type of irony.
What is situational irony.
500
This could be "Only the experienced and quick witted survive under the most dangerous circumstances."
What is the theme.
500
When the General is more upset about one of his dogs dying than one of the sailors we can infer that he...
What is doesn't value human life.
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