Events from the Story
The children are gathering these items at the beginning of the story.
What are stones.
The date the lottery takes place.
What is June 27th?
This man conducts the lottery.
Who is Mr. Summers?
The black box representing the concept of traditions demonstrates this literary term.
What is symbolism?
Having to do with local (town, city, village) activities or government.
What is civic?
The person who arrived late at the lottery.
Who was Tessie Hutchison?
The time of day at which the lottery takes place.
When is ten o'clock?
He has been in the lottery for 77 years.
Who is Old Man Warner?
A form of irony in which something happens that is the opposite of what the reader expects.
What is situational irony?
Very cheerful, like Santa Claus.
What is jovial?
The slips of paper that are used in the lottery are made at this time.
When is the night before the lottery?
The place where the children are playing with stones at the beginning of the story.
Where is at school?
She was stoned to death after winning the final round of the lottery.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
Old Man Warner saying the village would all be eating stewed chickweed if they stopped the lottery.
What is hyperbole?
The equipment needed for a particular activity.
What is Paraphernalia?
The reason why Clyde Dunbar was unable to attend the drawing.
What is a broken leg?
The part of the village where the lottery is held.
Where is the town square?
He won the first round of the lottery.
Who is Bill Hutchinson?
The "winner" of the lottery being stoned to death is a use of this type of literary term.
What is irony?
To come slowly to an end or run out.
What is lapse?
Tessie Hutchinson claims that the lottery was not fair because of this reason.
What is Bill Hutchinson not being given enough time to draw a slip of paper?
The place where Tessie Hutchinson is stoned to death.
Where is the middle of a cleared out space?
The postmaster who carried the stool so that Mr. Summers could set the black box down.
Who is Mr. Graves?
The boys of the village gathering rocks at the beginning of the story is an example of this type of literary term.
What is foreshadowing?
A word often used to describe children, this adverb describes someone acting sulky or bad-tempered.
What is Petulantly?