Roald Dahl
The Lottery
There Will Come Soft Rains
The Veldt
Literary Terms
100

This detail first draws Billy into the boarding house in "The Landlady."

What is the “BED AND BREAKFAST” sign?

100

This is the point of view used in “The Lottery.”

What is third-person omniscient?

100

This story is told from a ________ point of view.

What is third person omniscient?
100

The author's name

Who is Ray Bradbury?
100

The time and place a story happens.

What is setting?

200

Billy vs. the landlady is an example of this type of conflict.

What is man vs. man?

200

This conflict best describes the struggle in “The Lottery.”

What is man vs. society?

200

The setting suggests this about humanity.

What is humans are absent or extinct?

200

The story’s conflict is primarily ________ vs. ________.

What is parents vs. children? or individual vs. technology?

200

This is a link between a big idea and the plot/characters in the text.

What is theme?

300

What is Mary Maloney's murder weapon?

What is a leg of lamb?

300

The setting is important because it makes the ending feel ________.

What is "unexpected?"

300

Explain one type of irony in this story.

Answers vary...

300

The nursery functions mainly as a replacement for ________.

What is parental care?

300

The first stage of the plot.

What is exposition?

400

Characters in both stories fall into a trap for this reason.

What is being too trusting? or judging a book by its cover?

400

This theme is revealed through the town’s willingness to continue the ritual.

What is the danger of blindly following tradition?

400

The poem read by the house reinforces this theme.

What is nature will outlast humanity?

400

Readers realize the danger of the nursery before the parents do, creating this type of irony.

What is dramatic irony?

400

The feeling of excitement or anxious uncertainty that keeps readers on edge as they anticipate what will happen next.

What is suspense?

500

The boarding house setting of "The Landlady" builds suspense because it feels _______?

What is isolated or too good to be true?

500

This object symbolizes tradition and the town’s resistance to change.

What is the black box?
500

The story takes place on this day.

Aug 4, 2026

500

This is the brand name of the nursery.

What is the "Happylife Home?"

500

Name and define the three types of irony.

1 - verbal

2 - situational 

3 - dramatic