Vocab
Minuscule
very tiny
A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two similar things is called:
Simile
Summarize the short story The Lottery
The story is about a village where an annual lottery is drawn. However, the fate of the person who draws the 'winning' slip is only revealed at the end of the story in a dark twist.
Summarize the story The Outsiders
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1965. Fourteen-year-old Ponyboy Curtis is the youngest of three orphaned brothers who live on the north side of town, the "wrong side" of the tracks.
Summarize the short story the most dangerous game
The most dangerous game is about a man who claims to hunt animals for fun becoming the hunted. Sanger Rainsford is hunted by General Zaroff on Ship Trap Island for sport, and he eventually becomes the prey he has hunted
Traitor
Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence? You are a devil.
Metaphor
What is the theme of the short story The Lottery
the power of tradition and ritual
The main theme of The Outsiders is self-identity vs. group identity.
Who wrote the short story The Most Dangerous Game?
Richard Connell
Unclearly
Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence? Don’t beat around the bush.
Idiom
What are the main characters of the short story The Lottery
Mr. Summers, Old Man Warner, and Tessie Hutchinson.
S. E. Hinton
What is most likely the theme of the Moth Dangerous Games
The most likely main idea of "The Most Dangerous Game" is that humans and animals share a closer connection than some think. The story explores the relationship between animal and human and how power can dictate the interactions between them
Boisterous
Full of rough and joyful spirit
Which kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence? The crimson apple glistened in her hand.
Imagery
What is the setting of the story?
a small village in the summertime
Pony doesn’t want Johnny to cut his hair because
long hair is the Greaser’s trademark.
What is an example of foreshadowing in the Short Story The Most Dangerous Game.
An example of foreshadowing in the text occurs when Rainsford hears gunshots and an animal screaming in the jungle.
Intricate
Complicated has many small parts
Define foreshadowing
A hint at something that will happen later.
From whose point of view is the story being told?
anonymous spectator
Soda says he dropped out of school because…
he thinks he is dumb.
What is a pun that is in The Most Dangerous Game?
The title The Most Dangerous Game is considered a pun.