Question

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.

Answer 1

foreshadowing.

The ominous name "Ship-Trap Island" and the sailors' "curious dread" hint at future danger and set up expectations for events to come.