The Most Dangerous Game

BY Richard Connell

SKIMMING AND SCANNING GUIDE

After skimming and scanning the text for 3 minutes, fill in the following information:

TITLE
AUTHOR NAME
AUTHOR EXTRA INFO (see end of story)
POINT OF VIEW
NAMES OF CHARACTERS
NAMES OF PLACES
REPEATED WORDS

PREDICTION GUIDE

A Using the following chart, fill in what you think you might already know about this story under ‘Knowledge’, and what you are wondering about or want to know under the second column.

B Make a prediction about what this story is going to be about

KNOWLEDGE / WHAT I WANT TO KNOW / WHAT I LEARNED

Prediction:

AFTER READING THE STORY:

Complete the final column of the K/W/L chart and answer the following questions:

1  How much did your prediction differ from your final analysis of the text? Were your predictions correct?

2  The game that General Zaroff hunts is ______.

3  What makes this island perfect for this game?

4  How does Rainsford finally avoid being caught?

5  At first, Rainsford’s ideas about hunting are similar to Zaroff’s. Do you think Rainsford’s ideas are changed by his experience with Zaroff? Why or Why Not?

6  Rainsford is faced with many struggles to survive throughout this book. List three significant and different times in this novel where it is evident that he struggles against the sea, against Zaroff and against his won mind.

7  How does the author make Zaroff seem like as totally evil antagonist?

8  The rising action in this story takes place specifically in the form of the suspense. List the incidents of suspense which appear in the following areas and make the reader keep reading:

·  Information about the island in the introduction

·  Talk of the new ‘game’ at dinner time

·  During the chase

9 Where does the climax appear in this story? How do you know?

10 Is there a falling action or conclusion to this story? Where does it appear?

Theme???