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Characterization Paragraph about Sanger Rainsford or General Zaroff

You are going to write a brief paragraph about Sanger Rainsford OR General Zaroff.

Using the inferences you made about either character, choose the trait that best describes what kind of person either Rainsford or Zaroff is.

Write a claim about what kind of person either Rainsford or Zaroff is based on this inference.

Use the following structure to write your claim:

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford is a ______person.

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In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is a ______person.

Support your claim with a supporting passage. Write that supporting passage here. Be sure to provide your supporting passage with an attribution (who or what is speaking or writing).

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In your own words, summarize this supporting passage.

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Contextualize this passage by saying when it takes place in the story relative to an important moment in the story. For instance, does it happen before or after Rainsford falls off the boat? Before or after Rainsford finds out that General Zaroff hunts people?

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______Write a warrant question: How do the words and phrases in this supporting passage show that Rainsford is this kind of person?

How do the words and phrases in this supporting passage show that Rainsford/Zaroff is a

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Provide a warrant by answering the question you wrote above. This should be the meatiest part of your paragraph.

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Add a concluding sentence to bring your paragraph to a close.

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