Shirley Jackson - The Lottery (vocabulary)

Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times.

• quickly

• hesitantly

• angrily

• cheerfully

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

There was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it, the one that had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village here.

• came before

• came after

• destroyed

• succeeded

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago...

• The clothing worn to the lottery

• The chant that used to be sung during the lottery

• The equipment needed for the lottery

• The papers that are stored in the black box.

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

If Old Man Warner has been in 77 lotteries and the black box has been in use since before Old Man Warner's time, how old is the black box?

• 77 years old

• < 77 years old

• > 77 years old

• > 80 years old

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.1

He was a round-faced, jovial man and he ran the coal business, and people were sorry for him, because he had no children and his wife was a scold.

• She talked a lot

• She was old

• She nagged a lot

• She cared too much

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

in large amounts

• profusely

• interminably

• effectively

• eventually

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

a word or phrase that is repeated in a rhythmic way usually loudly and by a group of people

• chant
• jovial
• paraphernalia
• shabbier

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CCSS.L.5.4A

a traditional ceremony

• ritual

• perfunctory

• chant

• square

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

in poor condition especially because of age or use

• shabby
• profuse
• stout
• petulant

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

If you write an essay __________, don't expect to receive an A+ on the assignment.

• hastily

• splintery

• duly

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4