9th Grade short stories

Where does The Most Dangerous Game take place?

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The following is an example of what? There was a medieval magnificence about it; it suggested a baronial hall of feudal times with its oaken panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory tables where twoscore men could sit down to eat. About the hall were mounted heads of many animals--lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford had never seen. At the great table the general was sitting, alone.

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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The following, from The Most Dangerous Game, is an example of what? "Ugh! It's like moist black velvet."

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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The following, from The Most Dangerous Game, is an example of what? Then be sat down, took a drink of brandy from a silver flask, lit a cigarette, and hummed a bit from Madame Butterfly.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who is the protagonist in The Most Dangerous Game?

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Is Montresor, in The Cask of Amontillado, a reliable narrator? Why or why not?

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The following, from The Cask of Amontillado, is an example of what? "Enough," he said; "the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough." "True --true," I replied; "

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

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What is ironic about this statement from The Cask of Amontillado, "I continued, as was my in to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my to smile now was atthe thought of his immolation."

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How does Montresor lure Fortunato?

• He tells him about a fine wine, and Furtunato really wants to have a taste of it.

• He uses Fortunato's pride against him by explaining that he can go to Luchresi to check if the wine is a fake or not.

• He laughs with Fortunato, so Fortunato thinks they are having a good time.

• He appeals to Fortunato's goodwill by saying he needs Fortunato's help to check his wine.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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Where does The Cask of Amontillado take place?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4