Plot Basics
This is the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
The name of the island where Rainsford is stranded.
What is Ship-Trap Island?
The main character sentenced to death.
Who is Peyton Farquhar?
A hint or clue about events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The person who conducts the lottery.
Who is Mr. Summers?
The point of highest tension in a story.
What is the climax?
The general who hunts humans for sport.
Who is General Zaroff?
This American author wrote the story about Peyton Farquhar.
Who is Ambrose Bierce?
In plot terminology, the central struggle between opposing forces is called this.
What is conflict?
This American author wrote the story about the annual lottery.
Who is Shirley Jackson?
This part includes events that build conflict and suspense.
What is rising action?
The name of Zaroff’s servant who enforces his rules.
Who is Ivan?
The method of execution at the beginning of the story.
What is hanging?
When events are told in the order they happen in time, the plot is called this.
What is linear (chronological) plot?
This man assists in preparing and managing the lottery.
Who is Mr. Graves?
The events that happen after the climax.
What is falling action?
The location where Rainsford hides at the end before confronting Zaroff.
What is Zaroff’s bedroom?
This object appears to break during Farquhar’s imagined escape.
What is the rope?
A sudden and unexpected turn in the plot is called this.
What is plot twist?
This woman is selected at the end of the lottery.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
The final outcome or ending of the story.
What is resolution?
What type of animal are Whitney and Rainsford hunting before the conflict begins?
What are jaguars?
This army is responsible for carrying out the execution.
What is the Union Army?
The emotional tension created by uncertainty about the outcome is called this.
What is suspense?
This character arrives late and protests the fairness of the lottery.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?