The Most Dangerous Game
Dog Star
Literary Terms
Anything Goes
Kick it up a Notch (Vocab)
100
verb (used as an adjective): becoming more distant
What is receding
100
Producing a feeling of loneliness and sadness
What is Desolating
100
the reason that an action takes place
What is Cause
100
the first part of a plot which presents the main characters and their conflicts
What is Basic Situation or Exposition
100
when a character struggles against an outside force, which may be another character, society as a whole, or something in nature
What is external conflict
200
verb (used as an adjective): extended
What is disarming
200
Of or like a star
What is Stellar
200
the result or consequence of the cause
What is Effect
200
struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions
What is Conflict
200
series of related events that make up a story or drama
What is Plot
300
verb (used as an adjective): extended
What is prolonged
300
Shining; Glowing
What is Luminous
300
the arrangement of details in time order
What is Chronological Order
300
in the resolution, all the problems in the story are resolved, and the story is brought to a close
What is resolution
300
the uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story
What is Suspense
400
adjective: unwise
What is prolonged
400
Earthly; Of this world
What is Terrestrial
400
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
What is Foreshadowing
400
Failure to do something.
What is default
400
adverb: always
What is invariably
500
adjective: calm; not disturbed
What is unruffled
500
Disliking other human beings
What is Misanthropic
500
the most intense moment in the plot, the moment at which something happens that reveals how the conflict will turn out
What is Climax
500
Like a maze, complicated
What is Labyrinthine
500
verb (used as an adjective): sticking out
What is protruding
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