Literary+Devices

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Most Dangerous Game

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: Rainsford

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and Dynamic

Antagonist: General Zaroff

Describe the setting: (time, place, mood and atmosphere) Present day remote Island jungle

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Himself

Describe the main conflict: Man vs. Man in a game of human hunting.

Describe the Climax of the Story: Rainsford is sent into the jungle to be hunted by an armed Zaroff

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He is a famous hunter that learns what it is like to be hunted.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The title describes the most dangerous game and there is really no more dangerous game then to be hunted to the death.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The game is being played out in real life.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The game can change hunters into hunted.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Simile:

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Metaphor: Gaint rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Personification: Gigantic creature, solidly made and black-beardedto the waist. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Symbol: The bed and it represents whoever won the fight would sleep in it.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Foreshadowing (give both elements): The best sport in the world, said Rainsford

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Irony:

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';">Imagery:

Completion 3/5 Content 6/10 Effort 4/5 Total 13/20