be this hunter. He is lofty and
chivalrous in his bearing.

What happens? He is bounding on after a chamois
toward the edge of a precipice, when he loses
his footing and falls.

How does the author make you see this plainly?
He uses the present tense, as if the scene were
happening now--"is bounding", "loses his
footing", "rolls helplessly".

Any other way? Yes, he utters exclamations,
"Mark!" "Ah!" Every act is told in the form of
an exclamation.

"What is it that arrests him?" This is a
question. Does the author expect an answer? No,
he asks the question as I would ask it of
myself if I saw the hunter stopped in his
descent.

Why does he not tell you who this hunter is? I
see now for the first time that it is the great
Emperor Maximilian who is in such peril.

Does any one else see him? Yes, the Abbot, or
head of a neighbouring monastery.

Why does the author mention him? To indicate
that, apparently, human aid could not save the
Emperor.

What has been told us in this first paragraph?
The peril of the Emperor.

What is told us in the next? His rescue.

Who else sees the danger? Zyps of Zirl.

Who is he? A famous hunter and outlaw.

Do you see him at first? No, I hear his cry.
The author says "Hark! there is a wild cry!"
Then I recognize the outlaw.

Why does he utter the cry? To encourage the
Emperor and let him know there is some one
coming to his rescue.

Again how does the author make the picture
vivid? By the use of the present tense, by
commands, questions, and exclamations, and by
making the spectator, in his excitement,
address the mountaineer directly; for example,
"thou hunted and hunting outlaw, art thou out
upon the heights?" etc.

By what means does the author show how the
outlaw comes to the Emperor's aid? By comparing
him with the chamois, the insect, and the
squirrel. This man combines in himself all
their powers of movement.

What does the spectator now do? He fears that
all may yet be lost, so he shouts to the
Emperor to have courage, that the hunter is
coming.