MDG Focus Questions INDIVIDUAL FOCUS QUESTIONS 1 ON

MDG Focus Questions INDIVIDUAL FOCUS QUESTIONS: 1. ON WHAT SIMPLE IRONIC REVERSAL IS THE PLOT OF THE STORY BASED? WHAT TWO MEANINGS HAS THE TITLE? 2. THE AUTHOR OMITS THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY AND INSTEAD EMPHASIZES THE ONE-SENTENCE RESOLUTION, SETTING IT APART FROM THE REST OF THE STORY. WHAT TWO MEANINGS HAS THIS SENTENCE?

MDG Focus Questions PARTNER FOCUS QUESTIONS: 1. HAVING FINISHED THE STORY, REREAD THE “PHILOSOPHICAL” DISCUSSION BETWEEN WHITNEY AND RAINSFORD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY (PARAGRAPHS 7 -24). HOW IS RAINSFORD’S POINT OF VIEW LIMITED AT THIS POINT IN THE STORY? 2. REFER TO YOUR NOTES ON SUSPENSE. HOW DOES AUTHOR RICHARD CONNELL PRIMARILY CREATE SUSPENSE FROM THE MIDDLE OF PAGE 13 TO THE MIDDLE OF PAGE 15? EXPLAIN.

MDG Focus Questions TABLE FOCUS QUESTION: 1. EXPLAIN IN WHAT POINT OF VIEW “THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME” IS WRITTEN. REFERENCE YOUR P. O. V. CHART. HOW DOES CONNELL USE THIS POINT OF VIEW TO CREATE SUSPENSE AND SURPRISE NEAR THE END OF THE STORY?

MDG Focus Questions CLASS DISCUSSION FOCUS QUESTIONS: 1. IN WHAT WAYS IS THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN WHITNEY AND RAINSFORD PARALLELED BY THE AFTER-DINNER DISCUSSION BETWEEN RAINSFORD AND ZAROFF (PARAGRAPHS 68 -130)? IN THESE DISCUSSIONS, IS RAINSFORD MORE LIKE WHITNEY OR ZAROFF? EXPLAIN. 1. RE-READ PAGE 15 WHERE RAINSFORD DISCOVERS THE TRUTH ABOUT ZAROFF’S GAME. WHY DO RAINSFORD AND ZAROFF VIEW HUNTING DIFFERENTLY? WITH YOUR ANSWER, READ THE LAST LINE OF THE STORY AGAIN. IS RAINSFORD JUSTIFIED IN HIS DECISION TO KILL ZAROFF? WHY OR WHY NOT?