“The Most Dangerous Game” By Richard Connell Anticipation Guide
1. Brainstorm and write a list of games (3+).
2. Make up and write your own definition for the word game.
3. Do you support hunting animals as a sport? Explain why or why not.
4. What is a superstition? What superstitions, if any, do you believe?
5. For the next three statements, circle a number to indicate how much you agree or disagree.
I believe that it is alright to hunt and kill animals for food. Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5
I believe that animals have feelings, such as fear. Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5
I believe that murder is wrong in every instance. Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5
1 On the back of this sheet, copy literary term definitions from the glossary and match the terms with the story examples. Then read The Most Dangerous Game” to discover a bizarre “game” played on Ship-trap Island.
“The Most Dangerous Game” By Richard Connell Name: ______period: ____ Directions: Copy the definitions from the back of your text. The number after each term indicates the number of sentences to copy from each definition. Remember, write correct sentences. 1. Foil (1)
2. Foreshadow (2)
3. Hyperbole (1)
4. Imagery (2)
5. Metaphor (2)
6. Onomatopoeia (1)
7. Personification (1)
8. Simile (1) A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using the word like or as. 9. Suspense (2)
Match each example from the story with its literary term. Terms for #1 – 5: Foil Foreshadowing Hyperbole Imagery Metaphor ______1. “…the night would be my eyelids…lights of the yacht became faint and ever- vanishing fireflies…” ______2. What I felt was a – mental chill, a sort of sudden dread.” ______3. “…dank tropical night…blood-warm waters…snarled and ragged jungle… lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom.” ______4. Ivan, a “gigantic creature, solidly made and black-bearded to the waist” contrasts with Zaroff, “a slender man in evening clothes” with a “pointed military mustache.” ______5. “He lived a year in a minute.”
2 Terms for #6 – 9: Onomatopoeia Personification SimileSuspense ______6. “…muffled throb of the engine…swish and ripple of the wash of the propeller.” ______7. “Rainsford held his breath. The general’s eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch by inch up the tree. Rainsford froze there, every muscle tensed for a spring.” ______8. “…the muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore…the sea licked greedy lips…” ______9. “…razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws…The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window.”
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