Characters
Setting
Literary Terms
Figurative Language
Plot
100
The main protagonist of the story, comes to the Amazon on a hunting trip.
Rainsford
100
Where is the island Whitney and Rainsford are planning to go to?
In the Amazon
100
The old charts call it 'Ship-Trap Island," Whitney replied. "A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition--"
What is Foreshadowing
100
"The lights of the yacht became....ever vanishing fireflies."
What is metaphor?
100
The way Rainsford ended up on Zaroff's island.
He fell off the boat.
200
The main antagonist of the story, he claims he is such a great hunter that he started hunting a new species....people.
General Zaroff
200
Describe Zaroff's house
A magnificent mansion, very very big.
200
General Zaroff explained the cruel and deceitful strategy he used to lure men to him island and use them as game. Later, he says "I have electricity. We try to be civilizzed here.
What is irony?
200
"...the dark and tropical night was palpable as it pressed its thick, warm bleakness in upon the" yacht.
What is personification?
200
How does Ivan die?
He gets caught in the trap Rainsford made for Zaroff.
300
Zaroff's mute (not able to speak) bodyguard and assistant
Ivan
300
Where are Rainsford and Whitney at the beginning of the story?
On a boat
300
Rainsford, a man who loves to hunt, suddenly finds his position swapped when he becomes the prey.
What is irony?
300
"The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window."
What is simile?
300
Why does Rainsford swim toward the island?
He hears gunshots
400
Rainsford's friend who came on the trip to hunt with him
Whitney
400
Where is Rainsford when Zaroff comes back to his room (after the hunt)
Hiding behind the curtain in his room
400
"Bleak darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights. He came upon the as he turned a crook in the coastline, and his first thought was that he had come upon a village, for there many lights. But as he forged along he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building- a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom."
What is imagery?
400
".....a sharp hunger was picking at him."
What is personification?
400
What happens to General Zaroff?
Rainsford kills him and feeds his body to the dogs.
500
These men have terrible supersitions about Zaroff's island.
The sailors
500
Who is the author of this story?
Richard E. Connell
500
What is the point of view?
Third person
500
"Desperately he struck out with strong strokes"
What is alliteration?
500
There are two ways the title can be referenceed to the plot. Name them.
1. The "game" they were playing was very dangerous, it resulted in someone dying. 2. "Game" can also refer to the animal that is being hunted, therefore humans are the most dangerous game.
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