"The Lottery"
The boys collecting stones at the beginning of the story is an example of what? (What is the term?)
Foreshadowing
How does Poseidons occupation mirror that of Greek mythology?
Top boss of the sea, doing numbers, his brazen chest, many examples
Spell the name of the protagonist
MYOP
You are the sun, moon, and stars to me
metaphor
What does SEE stand for? in the correct order
Statement, evidence, explanation
CANDY BONUS Name a color that is used symbolically in The Lottery, and explain what it stands for.
Black. Used for the black box, and the paper with a black mark. Stands for death.
Use one word to describe the mood of the story
"The tiny white bubbles disrupt the thin black scale of soil" is an example of
Personification
CANDY BONUS The computer stared at me while I put off doing my homework.
Personificatin
How many SEEs can/should go in each paragraph?
3
What is an example of Situational Irony in "The Lottery"? and why?
The actual lottery because we are expecting someone to win a prize but they do not, they get killed
How does Poseidon make his situation never ending?
He is stuck in his position and does not take any opportunity to fix it. He does not delegate his work
CANDY BONUS What is the universal truth of "The Flowers"?
The loss of child innocence can happen very quickly
If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal.
Satire
What are the other two sentences involved in SEE paragraphs?
Topic and conclusion
How are Mrs. Delacroix's actions towards Mrs. Hutchinson (Tessie) ironic?
Mrs. Delacroix acts like Mrs. Hutchinson's (Tessie's) friend at first, but she then tells her to "be a good sport" (pg. 5) and picked up the largest rock to stone her.
having a nightmarishly, bizarre, or illogical quality
What was Alice Walker very involved in during her life?
Civil Rights movement.
a rose growing in the center of a noose
Symbolism
Do you have to go in the SEE order? (state, evi, expl)
NO
"Then he asked, 'Watson boy drawing this year?'
A tall boy in the crowd raised his hand. 'Here,' he said. 'I’m drawing for m’mother and me.' He blinked his eyes nervously and ducked his head as several voices in the crowd said things like 'Good fellow, Jack,' and 'Glad to see your mother’s got a man to do it.'" What is a possible inference we could make about Mr. Watson?
He was last year's lottery winner.
How does "Poseidon" perputuate Kafkaesque style?
He is in a beaurocratic nightmare and does not do anything to solve his solvable problem.
What do the flowers symbolize?
Innocence
CANDY BONUS Ice cream is my achilles heel
allusion
The Topic sentence is also known as the
Assertion