The Interlopers by Saki Feature Menu Introducing the

The Interlopers by Saki Feature Menu Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Omniscient Narrator Literary Focus: Surprise Endings Reading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading

The Interlopers by Saki

The Interlopers Introducing the Story The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles. Anton Chekhov

The Interlopers Introducing the Story Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym are sworn enemies. What happens when these two armed enemies come face to face in the woods on a winter night? [End of Section]

The Interlopers Literary Focus: Omniscient Point of View An omniscient narrator • is not a character in the story • knows everything about all the characters in the story • can reveal characters’ thoughts and actions • can zoom from place to place • may tell all or save information until the end [End of Section]

The Interlopers Literary Focus: Surprise Endings A surprise ending resolves a story’s conflict in a totally unexpected way. • The ending, while surprising, is still logical. • The unexpected ending may make you rethink the story. [End of Section]

The Interlopers Reading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading When you encounter a difficult sentence or passage, try one of these strategies. • Use context clues to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Context clues may • give the word’s definition • restate the word’s meaning in a different way • provide an example • show comparison or contrast

The Interlopers Reading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading When you encounter a difficult sentence or passage try one of these strategies. • Break long sentences into simpler ones. • Look for the subject and the verb. • Stop to rephrase or summarize. • Finally, take time to re-read. [End of Section]