The Most Dangerous Game Flashcards

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Protagonist

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The main character of a literary work

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Antagonist

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The character or force that is in conflict with the protagonist

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Plot

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They series of events related to a central conflict or story

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Conflict

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The struggle between two forces in a literary work

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Characterization

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The act of creating or describing a character

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Suspense

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A feeling of expectation, anxiousness, or curiosity created by questions raised in the mind of the reader or viewer’s

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Figurative language

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Is writing or speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally

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Metaphor

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Is comparison in which one thing is spoken of or written about as if it were another

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Simile

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Is a comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the words like or as

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Hyperbole

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An overstatement or an exaggeration

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which an animal, I think, or a force of nature is giving human characteristics

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Allusion

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A reference to a well – known person, event, object, or work from history or literature

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Symbolism

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Anything that stands for or represents both itself and something else

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Able to be touched or felt

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Palpable

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Having substance or reality; capable of being touched

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Tangible

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Friendly or harmless

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Something that makes life easier or more pleasant

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Skilled in breaking a whole into its parts and examining their relationships

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Analytical

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Forgive or overlook an offense

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Cruel; uncultured

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Showing concern

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Solicitously

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To give life to; to move to action

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Having no result or affect

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Describe the mood of the story

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The mood was suspenseful, creepy, Erie, dark, and scary

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What is meant by "he lived a year in a minute"?
It seemed like a long time fit in the small space of time
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What is meant by " I am still a beast at bay"
He is comparing himself to base/creature that is sitting and waiting for his prey
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In which sea has Connell set Ship Trap Island
The Caribbean Sea
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If Rainsford when is the hunt what does Zaroff promise him
Zaroff will let him live and take him back to the mainland
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Where does Rainsford spend the first night of his hunt
Hey spans the first night of the hunt and A Tree
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How does Zaroff stock his island with "game"
He uses survivors from the ship wrecks or he will buy people
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What happened to General Zaroff at the end of the story
It is not stated directly, But we infer that Rainsford killed him
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What purpose does Whitney serve in the story
He is a secondary character that introduces foreshadowing of what is to come later in the story
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What is the name of the island? Why is it significant
Ship – trap island. The name is significant because it foreshadows the evil that takes place on it
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What effect does the "game "seem to have had on Rainsford
The "game "slightly change is his way of thinking and results in his killing of GZ
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Discuss Rainsford's escape from the jungle and Zaroff by jumping into the water
The jungle represents chaos and loss of control. To survive, Rainsford needed to escape the jungle and was able to do that by jumping into the ocean