Vocabulary List #1

Today, we will continue to read the story, "The Most Dangerous Game".

Unit Learning goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the structure of fiction by breaking down the essential building blocks (literary elements) of short stories by plot, character development, figurative language (metaphor, symbolism, irony), point of view, connecting these blocks to the overall meaning (or theme) of the text, and final writing their own short story using these structures.  

Your objectives:

2)    Given a story be able to list its theme, plot, conflict, irony, point of view

3)    Given a story be able to discuss which characters are round and which are flat

4)    Given a story be able to pick out the protagonist and the antagonist

5)    Given a story be able to pick out the static characters and the dynamic characters

6)    Given a story pick out examples of foreshadow and allusion

 HOMEWORK - Look up the following words:

1) Blandly
2) Gaunt
3) Indolently
4) Scruples
5) Gossamer
6) Palpable
7) Nocturnal
8) Futile
9) Furtive
10) Reciprocate
11) Naive