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