Characters
Foreshadowing/Point of View
Symbols/Theme
Plot/Conflict
Potpourri
100
This character "ultimately" wins the lottery.
Who is Tessie?
100
Piles of these being gathered around town are the first examples of foreshadowing in "The Lottery."
What are stones/rocks?
100
The color "black" symbolizes these two things.
What are Evil and Death?
100
The people of the town are gathering for this event.
What is the lottery?
100
Tessie calls the lottery this word at the end of "The Lottery" before she is killed.
What is "unfair"?
200
This character carried the black box to the center of town and led the lottery.
Who is Mr. Summers?
200
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
200
This character symbolizes the old traditions.
Who is Old Man Warner?
200
This symbol on a piece of paper means you have won the lottery.
What is a black dot?
200
This is an object, activity, place, or person that stands for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
300
The oldest man in town. He wants the old traditions to stay alive.
Who is Old Man Warner?
300
This is the point of view being used in "The Lottery?"
What is third person omniscient?
300
A larger message about life.
What is theme?
300
This is the month during which the story takes place.
What is June?
300
This is the way "The Lottery" begins. It means "In the middle of things" in latin.
What is En Medias Res?
400
This lady is "of the cross" and picks up the biggest stone she could find to throw at Tessie.
Who is Mrs. Delacrox?
400
This black object foreshadows death to come.
What is the black box?
400
The reluctance to give up outdated traditions or rituals is an example of this.
What is theme?
400
This is the reason for doing the lottery every year.
What is making the corn grow?
400
This is the highest-grossing film of all time.
What is Titanic?
500
This member of the Hutchinson family is the smallest and needed to be helped up into the black box.
Who is Little Davy?
500
This point of view uses the words: "I, me, we, us..."
What is First Person?
500
This character is a symbol for the bringer of death.
Who is Mr. Graves?
500
This is the age at which someone can draw a lottery paper for his/her family.
What is 16?
500
This is the word in the English language with the most definitions.
What is "set"?
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