The Lottery Story

What connotation do you get from the following sentence? "The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool...there was a hesitation before two men came to help..."

• positive

• negative

• neither one

Character versus character is one type of conflict. Which characters have a conflict?

• Mr. Summers and Mr. Adams

• Mr. Summers and Mr. Hutchinson

• Old Man Warner and Mr. Adams

Character versus self is another conflict. A character might do something they think is wrong, but do it anyway. What character could this be?

• Mr. Summers

• Mr. Hutchinson

• Mr. Adams

What could be one possible Theme in The Lottery

• Tradition is very important

• Don't do what others do if you think it is wrong

• Love always is best

Why did the author title the story "The Lottery"?

• to add surprise to the ending

• so you know what the story is about

• there is a winner in the story

What could be a better title for "The Lottery"?

• A Fun Day

• The Stoning

• The Good Tradition

How does the author introduce the lottery and how does this contribute to the development of the plot?

• The lottery is introduced as a dreaded ritual, which contributes to the reader’s expectation that something bad will happen.

• The lottery is introduced as a violent ritual, which prompts the reader to continually question the true purpose of the lottery.

• The lottery is introduced as a normal, commonplace event, which contributes to the reader’s shock when they discover the true meaning of the lottery.

• The lottery is introduced as an exciting event, which is meant to make the reader feel curious about the true meaning of the lottery.

Which peice of textual evidence shows that the lottery is treated as normal, commonplace?

• “in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 20th,” (Paragraph 1)

• “eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of the other boys.” (Paragraph 2)

• “the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.” (Paragraph 1)

• “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones;” (Paragraph 2)

What piece of text evidence foreshadows the ending of the lottery?

• “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones;” (Paragraph 2)

• There is no use of foreshadowing in the text.

• “in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 20th,” (Paragraph 1)

• “the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.” (Paragraph 1)

What are three key examples of foreshadowing presented throughout the story?

• the presence of stones

• the ominous black box

• The villagers' somber, nervous behavior before the start of the ritual

• All of them!