Literary Terms
The plot usually begins with this. It introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is exposition?
Extreme; deep; intense
What is profoundly?
The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work
What is mood?
This story takes place in an island château in the Amazon; also on the Carribbean Sea
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"?
"I will not lose my nerve. I will not."-Rainsford-
What is an example of a theme in the story that this quote shows?
The sequence of events in a literary work
What is Plot?
Bizarre; unnatural; absurd; ugly
What is grotesque?
In Saki's story, both men had expected to fight each other. Instead, the two men are pinned by a huge fallen tree. Which literary term best describes this change in situation?
The Point of View "The Most Dangerous Game" is told in:
What is 3rd person Point of View?
Identify the type of conflict in the following excerpt from “The Interlopers”:
And before the moment of hesitation had given way to action, a deed of Nature’s own violence overwhelmed them both. A fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting crash over their heads, and ere they could leap aside, a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on them. Ulrich von Gradwitz found himself stretched on the ground, one arm numb beneath him and the other held almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches, while both legs were pinned beneath the fallen mass.
What is Man vs. Nature?
A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work (the lesson).
What is theme?
Marked by disorder or disarray; haphazardly
What is disheveled?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. An educated guess.
In "The Most Dangerous Game", this is the part of the plot when Lazarus, Zaroff's hound dies, and when Zaroff is hunting Rainsford.
What is the Climax?
What causes Ulrich to cry out in joy at the end of "The Interlopers"?
The figures coming down the hill in the distance
What is the difference between internal conflict and external conflict?
Internal is inner struggle (emotional/mental). External is outer conflict (man vs. man/man vs. nature).
regret; misgivings; suspicion; objection
What is scruples?
Identify the type of conflict in the following excerpt from “The Most Dangerous Game”: “It's a game, you see," pursued the general blandly. "I suggest to one of them that we go hunting. I give him a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife. I give him three hours' start. I am to follow, armed only with a pistol of the smallest caliber and range. If my quarry eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game. If I find him "--the general smiled" he loses," "Suppose he refuses to be hunted?" "Oh," said the general, "I give him his option, of course. He need not play that game if he doesn't wish to. If he does not wish to hunt, I turn him over to Ivan.
What is Man vs. Man?
If Rainsford wins the hunt, what does Zaroff promise him?
He promises not to kill Rainsford, he offers Rainsford one of his best hound, and to take Rainsford back to the main land.
Why might the following passage from "The Interlopers" be considered ironic?
"How many of them are there?" asked Georg. 'I can't see distinctly,'said Ulrich; 'nine or ten.' 'Then they are yours,'said Georg; 'I had only seven out with me.' 'They are making all the speed they can, brave lads,'said Ulrich gladly."
The men assume the figures are their men trying to rescue them.
The act of creating a character.
What is characterization?
lazy; slow
What is indolent?
The voice that speaks, or tells, the story.
What is Narrator?
How does Zaroff stock his island with "game"?
He uses a light to signal a channel where there are really dangerous rocks.
In "The Interlopers," why does Ulrich go into the woods on the night of the story?
He thinks Georg is poaching animals in the forest