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Plot Mountain Little Things The Most Dangerous Game The Cask of Amontillado SURPRISE
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Background information the reader needs to understand the story; usually includes setting
and characters
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Build up of tension in a story
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The moment when the conflict is resolved
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How the story ends
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A problem or struggle between two opposing forces
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The characters in “Little Things” are…
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A man, a woman, a baby
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The title of the story alludes to a Biblical story about
__________________.
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The judgment of King Solomon
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The resolution of the story is…
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“In this matter, the issue was decided” (i.e. the baby died)
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True or False: the main conflict in “Little Things” is man vs.
himself
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True or false: the climax and the resolution are the same thing in
this story.
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Name the two main characters in “The Most Dangerous Game”
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Rainsford and General Zaroff
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How does Rainsford end up on Ship-Trap island?
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He falls off a yacht and swims there.
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In the beginning of the story, Whitney expresses concern for jaguars, arguing that they feel
________________.
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Through his series of traps, Rainsford kills _________ and
____________.
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True or False: “The Most Dangerous Game” relies on coincidence and unrealistic
conflict resolution, so it can be considered to have a weak plot.
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“The Cask of Amontillado” was
written by
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The two main characters in “The Cask of Amontillado” are
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Montresor and Fortunato
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The setting of “The Cask of Amontillado” is
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Italy, early 1800s, Carnival
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Why does Montresor want to kill Fortunato?
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He never says, but we have clues that Fortunato has insulted him
many times
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According to Montresor, for an act of revenge to be meaningful,
it must do what?
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Must be felt, avenger must be free
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What is an example of dramatic irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”?
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The fact that we know Montresor wants to get revenge
on Fortunato, but Fortunato doesn’t know
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What is an example of verbal irony in “The Cask of
Amontillado”?
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Fortunato means “fortunate”
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Name one type of conflict
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Man vs. man, man vs. himself, man vs. nature, man vs. society,
man vs. supernatural
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Two types of characters:
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Specialized language in a particular field is called