Theme
The best definition of theme is...
a. The lesson the author is teaching.
b. A word that summarizes the story.
c. The message the author is sending.
What is the message the author is sending.
Situational Irony is
a. When a character says one thing but means something different.
b. When you expect one thing to happen, but something else happens.
c. When the audience/reader knows something the characters do not
What is when you expect one thing to happen, but something else happens?
In "The Lottery," when is the lottery conducted?
a. Every year
b. Bi-weekly
c. Once a month
What is every year?
What type of Irony is this: "‘Nothing. Only I haven’t a dress and so I can’t go to this party. Give your invitation to some friend of yours whose wife will be turned out better than I shall” (Maupassant paragraph 19).
a. Verbal Irony
b. Situational Irony
c. Dramatic Irony
What is verbal irony?
What may be the main theme of "The Lottery"
a. Evil can be cloaked, or hidden, in something that seems to be good.
b. Sticks and stone may break my bones, but lotteries will never hurt me.
c. Lotteries are always in the best interests of everyone involved.
What is evil can be cloaked, or hidden, in something that seems to be good?
Verbal Irony is
a. When you expect one thing to happen, but something else happens
b. When the audience/reader knows something the characters do not
c. When a character says one thing but means something different.
What is when a character says one thing but means something different?
At the beginning of "The Necklace," what is the cause of Madame Loisel's constant unhappiness?
a. Her marriage
b. Her desire to be wealthy
c. Her poor health
What is Her desire to be wealthy?
What lesson did Maupassant want readers to learn from "The Necklace?"
a. Appreciate what you have.
b. Fake it till you make it.
c. The clothes don't make the person.
What is appreciate what you have?
Which of the following is an example of THEME?
a. Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
b. You can severely break your leg while crossing the street.
c. Life is short; make the most of it.
What is Life is short; make the most of it?
Dramatic Irony is
a. When the audience/reader knows something the characters do not
b. When a character says one thing but means something different
c. When you expect one thing to happen, but something else happens
What is when the audience/reader knows something the characters do not?
In "The Lottery," the exposition states that the children are gathering stones into a pile. This is an example of what literary device?
a. Metaphor
b. Pun
c. Foreshadowing
What is foreshadowing?
What does the black dot symbolize in "The Lottery?"
a. Tradition
b. Community
c. Death
What is death?
What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA.
a. Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.
b. Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
What is Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about?
What type of Irony is this: “‘Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was worth at the very most five hundred francs!’” (Maupassant paragraph 115).
a. Dramatic Irony
b. Verbal Irony
c. Situational Irony
What is Situational Irony?
In "The Necklace," what conclusion can you draw about Monsieur Loisel, based on his treatment of his wife?
a. He cares a lot about his wife's happiness.
b. He cares too much about unimportant things.
c. He has grown tired of his wife's complaints.
What is He cares a lot about his wife's happiness.
Which best describes Madame Loisel's feelings at the end of "The Necklace?"
a. Happiness
b. Astonishment
c. Indifference
What is astonishment?
In "The Lottery," the slips of paper replaced what?
a. Chips of wood
b. Coal
c. Stones
What is Chips of wood
What type of Irony is this: “When Madame Loisel took back the necklace to Madame Forestier, the latter said to her in a chilly voice: ‘You ought to have brought it back sooner; I might have needed it’” (Maupassant paragraph 88).
a. Verbal Irony
b. Dramatic Irony
c. Situational Irony
What is Dramatic Irony?
At the end of "The Necklace," we discover that the lost necklace cost ____ francs.
a. 400
b. 40,000
c. 500
What is 500 francs?
Who "wins" the lottery, in "The Lottery?"
a. Bill Hutchinson
b. Joe Summers
c. Tessie Hutchinson
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?