ChIECKMATIE 1 ~ THE story a) What is the story about? b) How is the story told? 2- Serine a) Where does the action of this short story take place? 3 - Characrers: @) Refer all the characters mentioned in short story. b) Which are the main characters? ¢) Make a psychological description of the narrator. d) Make a physical and psychological description of Amanda Cruzon. 4- THe pLor a) Read through the story again and complete the following table. THE NARRATOR VERSUS AMANDA CURZON ‘Second Third Fourth, Fifth 5 - Lanouace Focus @) Look through the story and list all the words associated with Chess. b) Look through the story and list all the words associated with Pant oF THE sovy. €) Look through the story and all the words associated with CLOTHES.Grossany G %Tapering > the degree to which something becomes usually narrower. Pouting > the lips, or the bottom lip, being pushed forward to look sexually attractive. : Patror ingly > feeling superior. Round-rebin —> a competi ion in which each player plays every other player in turn. Blitz —> sudden, fast. Pawn > any of the eight chess pieces of the smallest size and least value, Draw -> a completed game in which neither player or side win. Stalemate — a position of the pieces in a game of chess in which the player whose move is cannot move without putting his / her King in check. Gulp(ed) down > to swallow drink quickly. Bachelor —> a man who has never married. Pad -> (slang) a person's house or apartment. Larder -> a cupboard or small room used in the past for storing food in a person's home. Wager -> an amount of money that you risk in the hope of winning more. Clutching —> holding something tightly often in a state of fear or anxiety. FFFEFFETFIFFFFESF Castling > making a special move (in a chess game) which puts your knight or queen in a more protected place at the side of the board. % Rooks —> (or castles) a piece (of a chess game) that can move along any number of squares in straight lines parallel to the sides of the beard. % Countered —> reacted by also scoring. % Gambit — introductory remark. % Chuckled -> gave a low or quiet laugh. % Swung > moved from one side to another from a fixed point (move sideways) % Shrug(gXed) + to raise one's shoulders and then lower them to express a lack of knowledge, certainty, interest or care. % Gauzy — of avery thin light cloth. % Giggle > a repeated laugh in an uncontrolled or childish way. % Odds —> probability. & Sip(pXed) — to drink a very small amount of drink. % Fling > a short period of enjoyment. % Rev(v)(ed) > to increase the car's speed while the vehicle is not moving.