Name: ____________________________________________________________ block: ______
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
Plotline: In the space below, chart the story’s plotline, using all of the following terms:
1.-6. Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
For each literary term:
* Choose one quote or scene from the story that shows the term at work.
* Explain the meaning of your choice. How and/or why does it show the literary technique?
Character
7. The Protagonist is __________________________ because:
8. The Antagonist is ___________________________ because:
Characterization
9. One example of Direct Characterization is:
This example shows the technique because:
10. One example of Indirect Characterization is:
This example shows the technique because:
11. One example of Inference is:
This example shows the technique because:
12. The Mood of the story is: _____________________________________________________________.
Words from the story to support this are:
Conflict
13. One example of Internal Conflict is:
This example shows the technique because:
14. One example of External Conflict is:
This example shows the technique because:
15. One example of Personification is:
This example shows the technique because:
16. One example of Situational Irony is:
This example shows the technique because:
Two examples of Metaphors from the story:
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18.
Two examples of Similes from the story:
19.
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