Vocabulary
state of being worried or uneasy; stress.
Anxiety
At the beginning of the story, Mary seems like a ______________ wife
caring, loving, kind
Irony is the use of words where the meaning is the ____________ of their usual meaning or what is expected to happen.
opposite
__________ is the writer’s attitude about a particular topic. It is determined by the author's use of diction, or word choice. It is how the author feels.
Tone
"for this was her sixth month with child."
This means that Mary is...
pregnant, having a baby
house or building and its surrounding property.
Premises
At the end of the story, Mary ___________ her husband and ____________ her crime.
Murders; covers up
Mary killing Patrick is the opposite of what the reader would expect because...
she seems so kind and loving at the beginning of the story.
__________ is the overall feeling, or atmosphere, that the reader has, often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice. It is how the author makes the reader feel.
Mood
What is Patrick's job?
Senior police officer
calm; tranquil.
Placid
When Patrick comes home from work, he is acting ____________.
Unusual, strange
Dramatic Irony is when the audience or reader knows something about the situation taking place, but the characters do not.
An example of dramatic irony in "Lamb to the Slaughter" is...
The reader knows that Mary killed her husband, but the police do not know.
The reader knows that the leg of lamb is the murder weapon, but the police do not.
At the beginning of the story, the tone and mood is __________ and can be described as calm, peaceful and happy.
Positive
How does Mary create her alibi?
She goes to the grocery store and talks to Sam.
comforting
Consoling
Name one thing that Patrick does that is unusual.
Drinks a lot, is very quiet, is rude to Mary
When the police say that the murder weapon is “Probably right under our very noses”, they mean that it must be close by, but the reader knows...
that it is literally under their noses because they are eating it.
At the end of the story, the tone and mood is __________ and can be described as violent, suspenseful, and tense.
Negative
How does Mary get rid of the murder weapon?
She feeds it to the police.
friendly, caring treatment of guests.
Hospitality
What can we infer that Patrick tells Mary?
He is leaving her
Name the 3 types of irony
Situational, Dramatic, Verbal
"Now and again she would glance up at the clock, but without anxiety, merely to please herself with the thought that each minute gone by made it nearer the time when he could come. There was a slow smiling air about her, and about everything she did."
Describe the tone of this scene.
Calm, peaceful, happy
What do the police think the murder weapon is?
A metal object