The Characters
He is the man who "wins" the lottery.
Who is Bill Hutchinson?
How people described Shirley Jackson
A reclusive woman
in an easily irritated or annoyed matter
What is petulantly?
This is how the story ends.
The Hutchinson family is stoned
What color is the box used in the lottery?
What is black?
She is the little girl who "wins" the lottery.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
What paper published The Lottery?
What is The New Yorker?
The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic
What is author's purpose?
This is where the story occurs
A small village
The amount of sentences in a theme
1-2 sentences
The traditional old man who firmly believes in the Lottery.
Who is Mr. Warner?
What record was set by The Lottery?
The most amount of letters were sent into The New Yorker for any fictional writing.
The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
What is a theme?
The slips of paper were once made of a different material. What was it?
What is wood chips?
This happens if there is a family who doesn't have a father to represent them, but has a son who is 16.
The son represents the family.
He is the man who conducts the lottery.
Who is Mr. Summers?
She wrote The Lottery.
Who is Shirley Jackson?
miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity.
What is paraphernalia?
That have you have been chosen for death, darkness, etc.
What is this quote an example of?
Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of the other boys.
What is foreshadowing?
She is the woman who almost misses the lottery.
Who is Mrs. Hutchinson?
The town Shirley Jackson lived in and inspired the setting for The Lottery
North Bennington, Virginia
hasty and without attention to detail
What is perfunctory?
How many children does Bill Hutchinson have?
three
What type of irony is in The Lottery?
Situational Irony