For each item on the list of writing techniques below, choose the selection from the unit that best utilizes it. Describe how it is used and the effect of its use in the story, and give reasons why you chose it.

-withheld information

-unreliable narrator

-shocking twist

-foil

"The Lottery" is a great example of withholding information. The reader is not exactly clear what is about to happen until the very end. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that something bad will happen, but Jackson controls the flow of information until the very end.

"The Raven" is an example of an unreliable narrator. He is clearly driven mad with grief and imagines a bird speaking to him. For this reason, he is not the most reliable person ever.

A shocking twist could apply to many of these: "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Most Dangerous Game," and "The Lottery" all end with shocking twists. In "The Most Dangerous Game," the reader is not expecting Rainsford to win over Zaroff - - but at the end it becomes clear he was victorious.

Foils also appear in more than one work. In "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor and Fortunato could be foils for one another. They are opposites and highlight the differences in one another. The same could be said for "The Most Dangerous Game," as Rainsford and Zaroff function as foils.