Imagine that “The Most Dangerous Game” was a fable for
cyborgs. Write down 5 positive lessons (or truths) that cyborgs would learn
from the story if we inputted it into their memories. Remember, the lessons
must be positive.
For example: All people, all nationalities, are to be
respected.
Quietly read the 3 definitions at the top of page 4 of your
Literary Terms handout - metaphor, simile, personification.
Watch metaphor video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0edKgL9EgM
Identify metaphor, simile, personification in 7 examples
from “The Most Dangerous Game”
1. . . . but even you can’t see four miles or so through a
moonless night.” “Nor four yards,” admitted Rainsford. Ugh? “It’s like moist
black velvet.”
2. “It’s so dark,” he thought, “that I could sleep without
closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids.”
3. He struggles up to the surface and tried to cry out, but
the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face.
4. Ten minutes of determined effort brought another sound to
his ears—the most welcome he had ever heard—the muttering and growling of the
sea.
5. The revolver pointed rigidly as if the giant was a
statue.
6. Rainsford’s impulse was to hurl himself down like a
panther.
7. Zaroff was the cat; he was the mouse.
Watch:
The Types of Conflict:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_10OfdEssCONFLICT IN LITERATURE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM5cp_YL77k
Make flashcards for Friday’s prefix test.
ENGLISH homework:
Study for Friday’s PREFIX test…perhaps create flashcards for
the first 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” PINK master list - (a,ab,abs – hyper)
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