2. Find three examples of foreshadowing from the text.
3. Why is man the ideal hunt for General Zaroff?
Group 2
1. What is the central conflict in this story?
2. What are three different themes from this text?
3. What does Rainsford mean when he said, “I am still a beast at bay”?
Group 3
1. Define the word “suspense.”
2. Find three examples of suspense the author uses in the text.
3. At which point is the suspense greatest in the story? Why?
Group 4
1. Define the word “tone.”
2. What is the tone of this story? Use at least three specific examples from the text.
3. Explain why Rainsford is a dynamic character in this story.
Group 5
1. Define the word “irony.”
2. Find three examples of irony from the text
3. If General Zaroff knows where Rainsford is during the first night, why does he not kill him right away? What does this teach us about General Zaroff’s character?
Group 6
1. Define the word “imagery.”
2. Find three examples of imagery in the text.
3. How does Zaroff and Rainsford’s views of human life differ?
Group 1 (Kaitlyn Geier, Noah Nichols, Mike G., Jack Skibimski)
Foreshadowing in The Most Dangerous Game
The definition of forshadowing is suggesting or hinting about events that will happen later in the text.
Three examples of foreshadowing from the text are the sailors all being anxious and nervous about passing by Ship Trap Island, when Whitney and Rainsford talk about hunting jaguars and how they don’t really care that they are killing them, and when Zaroff was asking Rainsford to hunt with him.
Man is the ideal hunt for General Zaroff, because they can reason with him.
Group 2 (Cameron, Jake, Tyler, Kirsten)
1. What is the central conflict in this? Zaroff trying to kill Rainsford
2. What are three different themes from this text? Hunting, survival, action
3. What does Rainsford mean when he said, “I am still a beast at bay?” He means that he is confident that he can survive all three days
Group 3 (Maria, Grady, Katie and Nathaniel)
Suspense is the state of feeling excited or anxious, uncertainty of what may happen.
One example is when Rainsford is in the tree, page 32. Another example is at the very beginning when he gets to the island and Ivan answers the door with a gun, page 23. The last example is when the general is telling him about what the “new” animal is, page 27.
The suspense is greatest in the story at the end when the general walks into the room and see Rainsford standing there, page 36.
Group 4 (Christy Buck, Jade Baillie, Hannah Templin)
Tone
Define: Tone-tells the writers attitude of the story
The tone of the story is ironic.
Examples:
Rainsford is a hunter and he is being hunted
Zaroff is reading about Marcus Aurleis and then Rainsford appears and kills him.
Zaroff gets beaten in his own game
Rainsford is a dynamic character because he is a hunter and was being hunted.
Group 5 (Jeremiah Smith, Karly Spires, John Epley)
Irony: Saying something that means something else, usually for humorous effect.
General Zaroff meant to hunt Rainsford, in the end the General was hunted by Rainsford. In the beginning Rainsford was stating that the jaguar when hunted doesn’t have any feelings, Rainsford ended up being hunted like a jaguar.
He doesn’t kill Rainsford because he wants to save him for another day of hunting. It tells us that General Zaroff is cocky.
Group 6 (Jana Mcmurray, Kendra Stephens, and Claire Geier)
Imagery- visually descriptive; paints a picture in the readers mind
He flattened himself down on a limb and and through a screen of leaves almost as thick as tapestry, he watched, the ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew rank, denser, and the insects bit him savagely, Rainsford heard a sond. it came out fof the darkness a high screaming sound the sound of an animal in extreme anguish and terror.
Rainsford thinks of all life as a gift, but Zaroff does not believe that “inferior” races are important.
Group 1
1. Define the word “foreshadowing.”
2. Find three examples of foreshadowing from the text.
3. Why is man the ideal hunt for General Zaroff?
Group 2
1. What is the central conflict in this story?
2. What are three different themes from this text?
3. What does Rainsford mean when he said, “I am still a beast at bay”?
Group 3
1. Define the word “suspense.”
2. Find three examples of suspense the author uses in the text.
3. At which point is the suspense greatest in the story? Why?
Group 4
1. Define the word “tone.”
2. What is the tone of this story? Use at least three specific examples from the text.
3. Explain why Rainsford is a dynamic character in this story.
Group 5
1. Define the word “irony.”
2. Find three examples of irony from the text
3. If General Zaroff knows where Rainsford is during the first night, why does he not kill him right away? What does this teach us about General Zaroff’s character?
Group 6
1. Define the word “imagery.”
2. Find three examples of imagery in the text.
3. How does Zaroff and Rainsford’s views of human life differ?
Group 1 (Kaitlyn Geier, Noah Nichols, Mike G., Jack Skibimski)
Foreshadowing in The Most Dangerous Game
The definition of forshadowing is suggesting or hinting about events that will happen later in the text.
Three examples of foreshadowing from the text are the sailors all being anxious and nervous about passing by Ship Trap Island, when Whitney and Rainsford talk about hunting jaguars and how they don’t really care that they are killing them, and when Zaroff was asking Rainsford to hunt with him.
Man is the ideal hunt for General Zaroff, because they can reason with him.
Group 2 (Cameron, Jake, Tyler, Kirsten)
1. What is the central conflict in this? Zaroff trying to kill Rainsford
2. What are three different themes from this text? Hunting, survival, action
3. What does Rainsford mean when he said, “I am still a beast at bay?” He means that he is confident that he can survive all three days
Group 3 (Maria, Grady, Katie and Nathaniel)
Suspense is the state of feeling excited or anxious, uncertainty of what may happen.
One example is when Rainsford is in the tree, page 32. Another example is at the very beginning when he gets to the island and Ivan answers the door with a gun, page 23. The last example is when the general is telling him about what the “new” animal is, page 27.
The suspense is greatest in the story at the end when the general walks into the room and see Rainsford standing there, page 36.
Group 4 (Christy Buck, Jade Baillie, Hannah Templin)
Tone
Define: Tone-tells the writers attitude of the story
The tone of the story is ironic.
Examples:
Rainsford is a hunter and he is being hunted
Zaroff is reading about Marcus Aurleis and then Rainsford appears and kills him.
Zaroff gets beaten in his own game
Rainsford is a dynamic character because he is a hunter and was being hunted.
Group 5 (Jeremiah Smith, Karly Spires, John Epley)
Irony: Saying something that means something else, usually for humorous effect.
General Zaroff meant to hunt Rainsford, in the end the General was hunted by Rainsford. In the beginning Rainsford was stating that the jaguar when hunted doesn’t have any feelings, Rainsford ended up being hunted like a jaguar.
He doesn’t kill Rainsford because he wants to save him for another day of hunting. It tells us that General Zaroff is cocky.
Group 6 (Jana Mcmurray, Kendra Stephens, and Claire Geier)
Imagery- visually descriptive; paints a picture in the readers mind
He flattened himself down on a limb and and through a screen of leaves almost as thick as tapestry, he watched, the ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew rank, denser, and the insects bit him savagely, Rainsford heard a sond. it came out fof the darkness a high screaming sound the sound of an animal in extreme anguish and terror.
Rainsford thinks of all life as a gift, but Zaroff does not believe that “inferior” races are important.