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Vocab
Plot
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(adj.) Able to be touched or felt.
Palpable
100
What is the exposition of the story?
When Rainsford falls off the ship.
100
Who is the antagonist of the story?
General Zaroff
100
"He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white...."
Direct Characterization.
100
What is the theme of the story?
To never underestimate your opponent.
200
(adv.) Lazily; idly
Indolently
200
What is the conflict of the story?
General Zaroff wants to hunt Rainsford.
200
Who is the protagonist of the story?
Rainsford
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"...But his thick military mustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come."
Simile
200
What is the genre of the story?
Realistic Fiction
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(adj.) Unsophisticated
Naive
300
What is the climax of the story?
When General Zaroff goes to hunt Rainsford.
300
The deaf Cossack man
Ivan
300
"An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake."
Simile or personification.
300
What is the setting of the story?
Ship-Trap Island
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(adj.) Useless; hopeless
Futile
400
What is the rising action of the story.
When Rainsford gets suspicious of General Zaroff.
400
Was supposed to go hunting with Rainsford
Whitney
400
"For a moment the general did not reply; he was smiling his curious red-lipped smile." or "I hunt more dangerous game."
Foreshadowing
400
What is the point of view
Third person point of view
500
(adv.) In a mild and soothing manner
Blandly
500
What is the resolution of the story?
When Rainsford defeats General Zaroff
500
The captain of the ship
Captain Nielsen
500
"The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies."
Metaphor
500
Why are humans the hardest thing to kill for General Zaroff?
Humans can reason