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The Literary Elements
"The Lottery"
"The Open Window"
"By the Waters of Babylon"
Literary Language
100
Series of events in a story.
What is a plot?
100
She dies at the end of the story.
Who is Mrs. Hutchinson?
100
Saki or H. H. Munro
Who is the author?
100
He goes on a journey to the Place of the Gods.
Who is the son of the priest?
100
A reference to something.
What is an allusion?
200
Time and place of the story.
What is the setting?
200
Horror
What is the genre?
200
She knows that she's telling lies.
Who is Vera?
200
Name one symbol.
What is the panther, white robe, deer, the number 3, the Ou-dis-un (Hudson) River, et al.?
200
This is when the author uses things to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
300
The people, animals or things in a story.
What are characters?
300
Her name means "from or of the cross."
Who is Mrs. Delacroix?
300
He goes to the country and gets scare by "ghosts."
Who is Framton Nuttel?
300
Only a priest can touch this.
What is metal?
300
This is a hint of something to come.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The struggle in a story.
What is the conflict?
400
Corn in July . . .
What is "lottery in June"?
400
We can infer this from Mr. Nuttel's name.
What is "he's nuts"?
400
At the end of the story, the narrator feels this.
What is hopeful?
400
When you expect one thing to happen and opposite occurs.
What is irony?
500
The message in a fictional story or the main idea in a non-fiction story.
What is the theme?
500
She is the author.
Who is Shirley Jackson?
500
Saki or H. H. Munro
Who is the author?
500
He is the author.
Who is Stephen Vincent Benet?
500
A story or that teaches a moral or truth by using people, animals, events, etc. as symbols of that mortal or truth. (Example: Planet of the Carrots)
What is an allegory?