Read the excerpt from a student’s essay. in “the most dangerous game,” rainsford must face not only zaroff, but he must confront his own assumptions about life. rainsford finds himself engaged in an internal as he comes to terms with the ideas earlier raised by whitney—that the world is not made of hunters and the hunted. these distinct lines that rainsford had created for himself begin to blur. as rainsford scuttles like an animal through the dense jungle, closely pursued by his hunter, he also realizes that fear and pain are not exclusively felt by humans. which literary term best fills in the blank?

Conflict.

Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt from a student’s essay about “The Most Dangerous Game” we can see the description of how Rainsford is struggling with a conflict between himself and his own assumptions about life, so it is an internal conflict.

"get off of your lazy bum and come running with me or i'm dumping this pitcher of water on u " u say with a smile. she thinks your joking so she ignores you about 10 seconds later shes screaming wile water is dripping everywhere you say "here comes the second one! " then you here her say okay, your such a j e r k ! ill be ready in 5 put the pitcher down " she say in an angry tone. and you smile in victory

good enough?