The Most Dangerous Game Literary Techniques

Style Connell uses dashes to serve three functions Set off summarizing statement from the rest of the sentence The world is made up of two classes— the hunters and the huntees.

Style Indicate an abrupt break in speech “But you can’t mean—” gasped Rainsford.

Style Indicate a pause in speech What I felt was a—a mental chill While reading Find at least 6-8 additional examples and determine the function of the dashes.

Predictions For each page find and record at least one story detail that leads you to predict a future event Write down you prediction Go back and fill in what happens

Suspense Examples

Conflict Examples