Vocabulary
What does assuaged mean?
Assuage means to make an unpleasant feeling (such as guilt, fear, or grief) less intense or severe, or to satisfy a need or desire (like hunger or thirst)
Where was Harper Lee born?
Monroeville, Alabama
What is figurative language?
Figurative language is a way of using words that goes beyond their literal or usual meanings.
Who is the author of "The Lottery?"
Shirley Jackson
Who is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
Edgar Allan Poe
What does predilection mean?
An established preference for something.
How many books did Harper Lee write?
2
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Watchman
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things.
Where was "The Lottery" first published?
The New Yorker
How old was Virginia Clems when Edgar Allan Poe married her?
12
What does diminutive mean?
A word or game usually indicating smallness.
Where did Harper Lee get the idea to write To Kill a Mockingbird?
The Scottsborro boys falsely accused of raping two women.
What is a similie?
A comparison using like or as.
How many times has old man Warner drawn a ticket for the lottery?
77
True or False
Edgar Allan Poe was born dirt poor.
True
What does sojourn mean?
A temporary stay.
What was the Great Depression?
The Great Depression (1929–1939) was the deepest, most widespread economic collapse in modern history, triggered by the October 1929 U.S. stock market crash.
What is an idiom?
A well known phrase of somthing that could never happen. (When pigs fly)
Why does the town have "The Lottery?"
To have a bountiful harvest.
Tuberculosis
What does conferred mean?
To compare, view, consult, or take control.
What is the prevailing theme in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Racism
What is an allusion?
A reference to something well known. Achilles Heel
What was the reception when "The Lottery" first came out?
Public outrage.
Edgar Allan Poe made this much money for his poem "The Raven"
Edgar Allan Poe was famously paid only $9 (approximately $300-$370 in today's money) for his masterpiece poem "The Raven,"