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Know the lit. terms and the Know the lit. terms and the short stories read in class!short stories read in class!
Regarding Characters…
•Protagonist: The main character in a text.
•Antagonist: The character or force that opposes the main character. Either could be good or evil!
Who is the protagonist of:
•“The Most Dangerous Game?”
•“The Cask of Amontillado?”•“Rules of the Game?”
Who are the antagonists?
Irony
•What is ironic about “The Cask of Amontillado?”
•What kind of irony is it?
Setting
What is the setting of “The Most Dangerous
Game?”
Setting
What is the setting of “Rules of the Game?”
Point of View
• From which point of view is “The Cask of Amontillado” told?
• From which point of view is “The From which point of view is “The Most Dangerous Game” told?Most Dangerous Game” told?
• From which point of view is “All the Years of Her Life” told?
ThemeTheme
What is one possible theme for
“Checkouts?”
ThemeTheme
What is one possible theme for
“All the Years of Her Life?”
ThemeTheme
What is one possible theme for
“The Most Dangerous Game?”
ThemeTheme
What is one possible theme for
“Rules of the Game?”
ThemeTheme
What is one possible theme for
“The Cask of Amontillado?”
What is it?What is it?
“The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window.”
What is it?What is it?
“…to where the sea licked greedy lips in
the shadows.”
What is it?What is it?
“He had high cheekbones, a sharp cut nose, a spare, dark face--the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat.”
What is it?What is it?
Mr. Carr is an understanding man; but
he believes in traditional values and
teaching a boy a lesson.
What is it?What is it?A girl loves to grocery shop. A
bag boy drops her mayonnaise. They instantly
develop crushes on each other. They check each other out and watch for each other at the grocery shop; but they
never talk. They see each other awhile later when they are both on separate dates!
What is it?What is it?
“A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting
suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me
violently back.”
What is it?What is it?
“The Cossack was the cat; he was the
mouse.”
What is it?What is it?
“But what kind of men, he wondered, in so forbidding a place?”
What is it?What is it?
“After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to
stay there.”
Literary Terms Quiz – Literary Terms Quiz – Thursday!Thursday!
You will be matching terms and definitions, identifying
examples of the terms, and answering questions about
“Checkouts,” "All the Years of Her Life," "Rules of the
Game," "The Most Dangerous Game," and "The Cask of
Amontillado."
