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

2. The Interlopers by Saki

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

4. 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?
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5. 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
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6. 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.
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7. 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

8. 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.
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