Vocabulary
"The Hitchhiker"
The Lady or The Tiger
"The Most Dangerous Game"
"Pandora's Box"
and
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
100
Something in a piece of text or literary work that stands for something else.
symbol
100
Where is the story set? (Name two spots)
What is in a car along a stretch of highway and New York? Texas? New Mexico?
100
Why is the young man on trial?
He fell in love with the kings daughter.
100
What is the setting of the tale?
What is Ship-Trap Island?
100
The fact that Pandora struggles internally with whether to open the box or not, descibes an example of___________.
What is conflict (man vs.self)?
200
What is the time and place of a story?
Setting
200
Who is the main character in the text?
Who is Ronald Adams?
200
What word would best describe the princess in the feelings that she harbors for the lady behind the door?
Jealous
200
What inferences can we draw about General Zaroff based on his desire to create a new "animal?"
What is he was bored with traditional/regular hunting?
200
The evil box that was given to her as a wedding gift is a _____________for pain.
What is a symbol?
300
The turning point or point of no return in a piece of text
What is a climax?
300
What warning does the mom give him before he ventures off on his journey?
What is don't talk to/pick up strangers?
300
"Jealousy" would be a good word to describe the _____, or main idea of the story.
What is Theme?
300
The struggle between General Zarroff and Rainsford is known as a _______________.
What is a man vs. man conflict?
300
Based on Pandora's constant fascination with the box, we can infer that she has what type of personality?
What is curious? What is nosey? What is disobedient? Any of these work
400
What is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens?
What is Irony?
400
Why does the main character attempt to run over the stranger that he sees on his journey?
What is he thinks the guy is following him and going to harm him?
400
How does the young man show complete trust in the lady?
What is he opens the door she motions towards?
400
The fact that Rainsford, the hunter, becomes the huntee, or the hunted is a great example of __________irony.
What is situational?
400
Bonus: worth double How many days did the narrator watch his victim before killing him in "The Tell-Tale Heart?
Seven
500
What expresses a writer's attitude toward his/her subject?
What is Tone?
500
Who does the harmless stranger that is "stalking" the main character represent?
What is death?
500
Since there is no resolution or definite ending to the story, this type of tale is known as a ________because the reader doesn't know what happened?
What is a cliffhanger?
500
General Zaroff lives on an isolated, or secluded island that is booby trapped to lore unsuspecting sailors to their death. Where would this information go on the plot diagram?
Exposition
500
What is the mood of "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
What is very dark, suspenseful, and angry?