A point of foreshadowing in the beginning of the story
What is the boys are collecting rocks
100
What is ironic about Miss Strangeworth
What is she is prim/proper/respected yet she has a nasty secret
100
What do we know about Mary before her husband comes home
What is she is a patient, dutiful, loving wife
100
How are the people in the apt. behaving and what piece of furniture gets moved from floor to floor?
What is partying-drinking and get drunk; playing music.
The paino
200
How we know they lottery has been taking place at least 77 years
What is Old Man Warner has been in it that long
200
What is wrong with the townspeople?
What is they have been getting nasty letters
200
What is Mary's alibi?
What is she goes to the grocery store
200
How do we know the notes have been found?
What is someone is reading them
200
Examples of situational, verbal, dramatic irony in "The Possibility of Evil"
What is several acceptable answers
300
Why Tessie claims 'it wasn't fair'
What is She says they did not give Bill enough time
300
This is how Miss S is discovered
What is she drop a letter and the Harris boy delivers it to Don Crane
300
What does patrick tell Mary?
What is he is leaving her
300
Examples of situational, verbal, and dramatic irony in "Lamb to the Slaughter"
What is several possible acceptable answers
400
Why it's ironic that Tessie says she near forgot what day it was
What is the lottery happens every year and someone dies-it would be like forgetting your own birthday
400
How long has Miss S been sending her letters
What is a little over a year
400
Why won't Mary leave the room where the police are?
What is she wants to keep an ear and an eye on the investigation
400
What form are the notes written in?
What is journal/diary w/time and dates
400
Examples of situational, verbal, and dramatic irony in "Notes from a Bottle"
What is several possible acceptable answers
500
Why the people were anxious to get the lottery over with and why is there no dramatic irony in this story
What is so they could go eat their noon dinner and get back to work and we know nothing-characters know all
500
How do we know Miss S loves her roses and what is ironic about the name of the street she lives on
What is they are her prized possession; never gives any away; cares for them. It is called Pleasant St. and she is anything but pleasant
500
Name at least 3 ways we know the story took place a while back
What is drinks though pregnant; no 911; no CSI; lets Mary stay; cops eat/drink on duty, etc
500
What would a prequel to this story tell us and what would a sequel tell us?
What is what caused the flood and what happened to the people
500
What is the ambiguity in each of the 4 stories and which type of irony is the easiest to identify and why?
What is Lottery: why they hold a lottery
P of E: what happened to her roses
L to the S: why was her husband leaving her
N from a B: why the flood occurred and what has happened to the people
Verbal-it's "dialogue"