Show:
Elements
The Most Dangerous Game
Characterization
Plot
Potpourri
100
When and where the story takes place
What is setting?
100
The name of the island that Rainsford washed ashore
What is Ship-Trap Island?
100
Information that the reader must infer from what the character says, does, and thinks
What is indirect characterization?
100
The highest point in the story; turning point
What is climax?
100
Something that stands for something other than itself
What is a symbol?
200
An example is “jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness”
What is imagery?
200
The building that General Zaroff lives in on the island
What is a chateau?
200
The antagonist in "The Most Dangerous Game"
What is General Zaroff?
200
Events leading to the climax
What is rising action?
200
Disjointed, disconnected sounds
What is staccato?
300
The message that the author is trying to convey
What is theme?
300
The trap that kills Ivan
What is a springing tree trap?
300
Character that is described as being poor and has many responsibilities
What is Salvador?
300
the introduction of the characters and situation
What is exposition?
300
Language that the author uses to evoke an image in the reader’s mind
What is imagery?
400
The protagonist must overcome a force of nature to meet their goal.
What is man vs. nature?
400
Two skilled hunters who have a conflict between them
What is Zaroff and Rainsford?
400
Indirect characterization that is revealed through the character’s private thoughts, emotions, and feelings
What are thoughts?
400
The events following the turning point of the story that leads to the resolution
What is falling action?
400
The mnemonic device used to remember the methods of indirect characterization
What is STEAL?
500
The protagonist has an inner struggle in their mind and must overcome it to reach their goal
What is man vs. self?
500
Zaroff’s main reason for wanting to hunt people instead of animals
What is a challenge?
500
Indirect characterization that is shown by the character’s effect on other people
What are efforts?
500
When Rainsford leaps into the sea to escape General Zaroff
What is the climax of "The Most Dangerous Game"?
500
The four types of conflict
What is man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self, and man vs. society?