Vocabulary
Character
Setting
Plot
Irony
100
arriving on time; prompt
What is punctually.
100
The main character...
Who is Mary Maloney
100
Where most of the story takes place
What is in the Maloney's house.
100
The type of story...(genre)
What is a horror story (short story)
100
Irony: a situation that shows the ___________________ of what one would expect.
What is... opposite.
200
"Now and again she glanced at the clock, but without ______________ because she knew Patrick would be home soon."
What is anxiety
200
Mary's husband's profession.
What is a police officer.
200
Where Mary gets the leg of lamb.
What is the freezer.
200
An unexpected event that usually creates conflict and makes the story more interesting.
What is a plot twist
200
What is ironic about Patrick's job and what happens to him?
What is ...he is a police officer. His job is stop murderers yet he is murdered himself by his own wife.
300

Watching him all the time with those large _________ eyes. 

What is bewildered

300
Cold, mean, and hard-hearted best describes ________________ at the beginning of the story.
Who is Patrick Maloney
300
The decade the story most likely takes place.
What is the 1950's
300
The plot twist of Lamb to the Slaughter...
What is... the detectives eating the murder weapon.
300

Describe the irony of Mary's interaction with her husband vs. the conflict of the story

What is ...Mary is loving, caring, and kind to Patrick when he comes home, then ends up killing him

400
Lamb to the Slaughter is a _________________ story -- but it's that strangeness that makes it so great!
What is peculiar
400
A literary device author's use to reveal details about characters (what makes them tick)...
What is characterization
400

What room of the house does the final scene take place in? 

What is ... the kitchen

400
The climax of the story...
What is... when the detectives say the murder weapon is probably "right under our noses."
400
The irony of the story's ending.
What is ...that the detectives are talking about finding the murder weapon as they eat it. (and that the murderer is in the very next room).
500

Placid

What is...Not easily upset or excited

500
Mary's immediate reaction after Patrick tells her he's leaving.
What is... she pretends that nothing has happened (denial). "Perhaps if she acted as though she had not heard him, she would find that none of it really happened."
500

How does the photo on the passage show setting, and what does it foreshadow? 

What is.... it shows that part of the story takes place in the kitchen and it foreshadows that the kitchen will be the place where the conflict of the story comes to light. 

500
The inciting incident of the story (kicks off the action/conflict)
What is ...Patrick tells Mary he is leaving.
500

Give an example of irony outside of the story

What is ...a firestation burning down

What is a traffic officer getting stuck in traffic

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