Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game." "Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large island," said Whitney. "It's rather a mystery—"

"What island is it?" Rainsford asked.

"The old charts call it ‘Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied. "A
suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I
don't know why. Some superstition—"

In writing this excerpt, the author employed

characterization.
foreshadowing.
irony.
imagery.