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Elements of a short story
Literary Elements
The Most Dangerous Game
The Sniper
To Kill A Mocking Bird
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The time and place in which a story takes place
What is the setting?
100
A particular way of speaking.
What is dialect?
100
He is a big game hunter.
What is Rainsford's profession?
100
Scotland
Where does the story take place?
100
Scout
Who is the narrator of the story?
200
The characters and settings
What is exposition?
200
The use of repeating consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
200
Ship-Trap Island.
What is the name of Zaroff's island?
200
On top of a building.
Where is the sniper positioned?
200
The 1930s
When does the story take place?
300
- person vs person - person vs nature - person vs society - person vs self
What are the types of conflict?
300
Metaphor
What is this an example of? Love is an open door.
300
He ends up in the place of the animal and experiences both.
What is the irony about Rainsford's comment saying that animals did not experience pain or fear when being hunted?
300
She is an informant.
What is the old woman?
300
He tells them to try to "walk in another man's shoes."
What advice does Atticus give his children?
400
The climax.
What is the highest point of action in a story?
400
A comparison between two unlike things using either 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
400
Rainsford defeats Zaroff.
How does the story end?
400
He is caught in a hail of gunfire.
What happens when the sniper tries to cross the street?
400
Tom Robinson and Boo Radley
Who are the mockingbirds in the story?
500
The lesson that is meant to be learned after reading.
What is the moral of a story?
500
A reference to a statement, person, place or even t from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports or science.
What is an allusion?
500
Human beings.
What is the most dangerous game?
500
He killed his brother.
Who did the sniper kill?
500
Mockingbirds represent innocence and goodness, so it is a sin to kill them.
What is the significance of the mockingbird?