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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

Jargon