1. By Richard Connell

2. On the next slide you will see some words that are associated with the story we are about to read You are going to predict what the story is about using these words Make a prediction using each of these words in a sentence. Ready?

3. Hunting Mansion Reason Island Ship Survival Dogs Dangerous Game The Most Dangerous Game

4. ___ Hunting is a sport. ___ Animals have no feelings. ___ Hunting is evil. ___ Hunting is unfair. ___ Animals have emotions. ___ Strength is more important than intelligence. ___ Bringing a gun to a knife fight is fair.

5. 1. Irony-A contrast between expectation and reality 2. Foreshadowing-Clues the writer puts in the story to give the reader a hint of what is to come. 3. Pun-A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings

6. How many meanings can you think of for the word “Dangerous?” How many meanings can you think of for the word “Game?” Why do you think these words might be puns?

7. Let’s read the background information in your book.

8. Fill out your short story organizer as we read.