VOCABULARY
LITERARY DEVICES
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Who said?
100
What is the overall meaning of the word "Lottery"?
A lottery is the act of drawing a name, and receiving something in return. (Whether it's positive or negative)
100
Imagery
What is the literary device for the context below? "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day."
100
The children
Who piled up stones? a. Women b. Mr. Summers c. The children
100
Ms. Hutchinson
"Clean forget what day it was." Who said this?
200
What is the definition of the word "Disengaged", in the context below? "A man disengaged himself from the crowd and came forward."
Disengaged means to release or separate yourself from something.
200
Metaphor
What is this literary device? "A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr.Summers cleared his throat and looked at the list."
200
Tessie Hutchinson
Which character arrived late to the lottery?
200
Old man warner
"Pack of crazy fools." Who said this?
300
"There's always been a lottery, he added petulantly." In the context above, what is the definition of the word "Petulantly"?
Petulantly, means to show impatience or irritation.
300
Foreshadowing
"They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed." What type of literary device is this?
300
The square
Where did the people gather for the lottery?
300
Ms. Delacroix
"Seems like theres no time between lotteries anymore." Who said this?
400
The meaning of the word "boisterous", is the act of being foolish.
What is the definition of the word "boisterous", in the context below? "..they tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play."
400
The black box symbolizes bad/evil.
What does the black box symbolize?
400
77
How many lotteries has Mr.Warner attended?
400
Ms. Hutchinson
"I think we ought to start over." Who said this?
500
Paraphernalia means the equipment or object used during a certain activity.(In this case, the black box is the "paraphernalia", since it's being used during the lottery.)
"The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago." What is the meaning of the word "paraphernalia", in the context above?
500
The lottery symbolizes how serious people take tradition, and what they think of it. Whether it's positive or negative they still decide to participate in it, even if it means sacrificing someone.
What does the Lottery itself symbolize? How do you know?
500
-Tessie Hutchinson - The black dot represented how tessie was the target. (She got stoned to death)
Who had the paper with the black dot? What did the black dot represent?
500
"It isn't fair".
What did Tessie repeatedly say when she found out she was the target of the lottery?
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