Cheboygan Day
Character Interactions
6. Acting the way most other people in one’s social group act, often grows out of a person’s desire for security and belonging in a group — usually a group of similar age, culture, religion, or educational background is defined as:
Conformity
11. Read the selection: What is the date of the lottery?
June 27th
16. What type of irony is this an example of: Tessie Hutchinson encouraged her husband to choose a piece of paper during the lottery, "Get up there, Bill!"
verbal irony
21. What is characterization?
The process in which the author tells/shows the personality of a character.
2. The process of making a conclusion based on evidence, reasoning, and a combination of the reader's knowledge, historical context, and what is known about the author is called...
Making an inference
7. Read passage 3:
Compliance occurs when...
a person conforms publicly but privately keeps their own original beliefs
12. Read the selection: How did the village look on the day of the lottery?
Neat houses, green lawns, and flowers everywhere
17. The winner of the lottery was stoned to death. This is an example of which type of irony?
Situational Irony
22. Direct Characterization is when:
an author tells you a character's traits
4. To embarrass is also to ___________
humiliate
8. Read passage 3:
Identification occurs when...
a person conforms to another particular person’s beliefs, like a friend or role model whom they respect
13. Read the selection: What does the imagery of the setting suggest about the villager’s mood on lottery day?
The town feels positive and playful
AND
The town is a peace and optimistic about the lottery
18. What inference can be made about the police officer based on the following passage?
The cop picked up the jacket and turned it over in his hands. “A Royal, huh?” he said. The rain seemed to beat down even harder now. Laura looked at the cop and very quietly, she said, “His name is Andy.” The cop put the jacket over his arm. He took out his black pad. He opened it to a blank page. “A Royal,” he said. Then he began writing.
The police officer is judgmental and doesn't see beneath the surface; he only sees Andy as a Royal.
23. Indirect Characterization is when:
an author shows you a character's traits through their speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks.
5. The ____________ caller said that he would reveal his identity at the end of the song.
Anonymous
Read passage 3:
9. Internalization occurs when...
a person has absorbed a groups belief system as their own
14. Read the selection: What are the men doing before it is time for the lottery to begin?
Standing in a group talking about tractors and rain.
19. He had known excruciating pain when the knife had torn across his body, and then sudden comparative relief when the blade was pulled away. Excruciating means:
intensely painful
24. What kind of character develops and grows during the story?
dynamic character
3. What do the words “warped” and “twisted” suggest about how Owen is feeling?
In that moment, with the laughter, everything took on a warped quality — like the fun house mirrors at the corny old haunted houses on the boardwalk. Everywhere I looked, people were dressed like Claude. They had his old-timey blazers and sneakers, his crisp white shirts. The whole school, I realized, had picked a side, sure as if we were at war. And it all seemed to proceed from a twisted logic: Because Claude was so awesome, his sister had to be jealous. Because Claude was anointed, his sister had to be cruel. But as I walked away from my friends, I pictured Mrs. Cheboygan, who was probably worried sick over her son at some hospital. In my mind’s eye, I could see both of her children in her face — the smattering of freckles that belonged to Claude, and the serious brow that belonged to her daughter. Adele.
Owen feels disturbed by the bizarre way the school views Claude versus Adele.
10. Read passage 3:
Which type of conformity is the most profound?
Internalization
15. Read the selection: What are the women doing before the lottery?
Standing together and gossiping.
20. He had relentless determination to remove the jacket as he lay on his death bed. Relentless means:
does not give up
25. What kind of character does not change throughout the story?
static character