Most Dangerous Game
Charming Billy
Edgar Allan Poe
Literary Devices
Vocab
100

This character is the protagonist of The Most Dangerous Game 

Who is Rainsford?  

100

The antagonist of this story. 

Who is Billy Boy?

100

The protagonist of The Cask of Amontillado. 

Who is Montressor? 

100

A hint or clue from the author about something that may happen later in a story. 

foreshadowing 

100

Affable

What is friendly?

200

Ship Trap Island

What is the setting of the Most Dangerous Game?

200

The setting of "Charming Billy."

What is Vietnam in the late 1960s to early 1970s? 

200

The king in Hop Frog

What is the antagonist of the story? 

200

One example of internal conflict from any of the short stories. 

answers will vary 

200

Consolation

What is comfort?

300

Rainsford's tricks for avoiding capture.

What are the Burmese Tiger Pit and Maylay Mancatcher?

300

Billy's cause of death. 

What is a heart attack after he steps on a mine? 

300

A jester and the young woman who defends him.

Who are Hop Frog and Tripetta? 

300

The five parts of a story's plot. 

What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution? 

300

Deplorable

What is shockingly bad? 

400

The reason Zaroff hunts humans. 

What is he is bored with animal prey that don't offer him a challenge? 

400

The reason for Paul's hysterical laughter. 

What is fear? 

400

Forunato's cause of death. 

What is he is buried alive in the catacombs? 

400

The feeling or mood of a story sometimes determined by its setting. 

What is tone?

400

Repose

What is to rest?

500

The henchman of Zaroff. 

Who is Ivan? 

500
A fantasy Paul has during the story "Charming Billy." 

answers will vary 

500

One comparison between "Cask" and Hop Frog. 

answers will vary

500

A story's underlying meaning. 

What is theme?

500

Diffuse

What is scattered or unfocused?