Tuesday, September 10, 2013

the lottery


Foreshadowing- Clues or events in a story that will happen later.
EXAMPLE- In paragraph two the children gather stones 
1. they gathered the smoothest and roundest of stones 
2. black box (death) 
3. clean white shirt and blue jeans (purity) 
4. tessie was late, and she says "wouldnt want me leaving my dishes in the sink"
5. lottery in june corn be heavy soon


1) Through “The Lottery,” what point does Shirley Jackson

make about tradition? The people who practice tradition put it over everything, and the people that change it are considered strange.

• Identify at least one piece of evidence to support your

observation.

Foreshadowing is an advance sign or warning of what is to

come in the future.

2) What foreshadowing clues does Shirley Jackson

incorporate into her story?

Setting is the physical location and time in which a story

takes place. To identify setting, we must note the specific

details the author provides concerning: a. The story’s

location. b. The time in which the action takes place.  c. The

social environment of the characters.

3) What is the setting for “The Lottery”? Why is that so

important to the theme of the story? June 26th, no given time or place.

Mood can be defined as: the feeling a text conveys to readers.

4) What mood does “The Lottery” instill in its readers? How

does it do this? It starts with a happy mood, then switches to tense and dark.

5) What do we know about when the lottery was started? It was started a very long time ago.

6) How do the townspeople feel about making changes to

the lottery? How do you know? The towns people don't want to change it at all. 

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