VOCABULARY & CONCEPTS
This term describes words that appeal to the five senses like sight and sound.
sensory details
The date when the lottery takes place in the story.
June 27th
The pile of stones early in the story serves as this literary device that hints at the ending.
foreshadowing
The black box is described as looking this way, showing its age.
shabby/splintered/worn-out
The final paragraph creates this dominant impression.
horrific violence and mob mentality
A writer using this stance focuses on personal feelings and opinions rather than facts.
subjective
This character is the oldest man in town and strongly supports the lottery tradition.
Old Man Warner
The title "The Lottery" is this type of technique because it misleads readers about the outcome.
misleading
The original lottery paraphernalia had been lost this long ago.
long ago
This character selects a stone so large she needs both hands to lift it.
Mrs. Delacroix
This is the one main mood or feeling a writer wants to create in descriptive writing.
dominant impression
The "winning" family must do this to select one individual after being chosen.
draw again
The peaceful opening creates this type of contrast with the violent ending.
ironic contrast
Jackson describes the black box with this type of stance (subjective or objective).
objective
Tessie Hutchinson shouts this phrase when she realizes her family "won."
"It wasn't fair!"
Choosing only details that support the main impression is called this.
selection of detail
This character arrives late to the lottery ceremony.
Tessie Hutchinson
The story is told from this narrative perspective that reports on the entire village.
third-person narrator
Old Man Warner calls villages that stop the lottery this insulting name.
pack of crazy fools
The villagers' manner as they take slips is described with these anxious details.
"wet their lips" and "grinned humorlessly"
In descriptive writing, this term often refers to the physical vantage point from which the reader observes a scene.
point of view (POV)
Mr. Adams tells Old Man Warner that this neighboring village is talking about giving up the lottery.
north village
Jackson uses this descriptive technique by focusing only on details that build tension.
selection of detail
The black box's description emphasizes its role as this type of object.
mundane, accepted object of tradition
Old Man Warner's primary purpose in the story is to represent this.
voice of tradition and resistance to change