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Vocabulary
The Most Dangerous Game
Literary Devices
The Hunger Games
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able to be touched or felt.
What is palpable
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Rainsford, General Zaroff, and Ivan are examples of what?
What is main characters?
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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing that are UNLIKE, using AS, LIKE, or THEN + Example
What is a simile + example
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The main characters of "The Hunger Games"
What is Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark
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A diagram we used in class to represent information and your own ideas
What is concept maps?
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having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated
What is Naive
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Big black beard, extremely tall, and was an official beater of people back in his home country of Russia
What is Ivan
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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing that are UNLIKE, WITHOUT using AS, LIKE, or THEN AND give me an example
What is a metaphor + ex.
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The total number of "tributes" that participated in the games
What is 24 tributes
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This person was speaking to Rainsford in the beginning of "The Most Dangerous Game" when he was still on the boat
What is Whitney
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incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
What is futile
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This man had a thirst for hunting that it became boring to him, therefore he began to hunt human beings for sport
What is General Zaroff
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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally + example
What is hyperbole + example
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the name of the little girl who the main character was protecting AND how does she die?
What is Rue and she is killed by a spear that hits her in the stomach when the main character dodges it
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What is conflict? give me 2 examples from the Most Dangerous Game of: -External conflict -internal conflict
Conflict is a serious disagreement, argument, and/ or problem the character faces
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How does The Most Dangerous Game" end? Explain in 3 sentences or less the sequences of events that wrap up the story.
-After killing Ivan with a trap, Zaroff comes after Rainsford with a pack of dogs -Cornered to the cliff, Rainsford jumps off with Zaroff thinking he had died -As Zaroff is about to go to sleep, Rainsford reappears in his room
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Giving humans qualities to an abstract idea or something that is not human + give me an example
What is personification + example
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The games in this movie have what purpose? Hint: President Snow tells the "game planner" the reason from his perspective.
-To give the people of the districts "false hope" -They are the entertainment for the rich
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What was the whole point of the essay we wrote after watching "the Hunger Games" and after reading "The Most Dangerous Game"?
What is Compare and contrast the 2 stories or identify the similarities and differences between 2 forms of media that spoke about many of the same over arching themes
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What are Rainsfords thoughts on hunting in the beginning of the story? How do they change by the end?
-Animals do not have feelings, therefore it is okay to kill them for our entertainment -After talking with Zaroff, Rainsford draws the line at not hunting humans because that is murder to him. At the end we can be sure he feels empathy for the animals he has hunted in the past.
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Explain what an idiom is and give me 5 examples
a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning. An idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning.
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Explain the ending of The Hunger Games in 3 sentences or less
Katniss decides to not kill Peeta, instead to save both of themselves devise a plan to apper to eat the poisonous berries they found. This causes the government to call both of them winners of the Hunger Games. the game master is killed Peeta and Katniss decide to forget what happen in the games and focus on what lies ahead
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Name 5 Similarities and 5 differences between "the Hunger Games" and "THe Most Dangerous Game"
give the 5