Connotative Language in "The Lottery"

Check the answers that carry a positive connotation

• and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them

• guarded it against the raids of the other boys

• and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five time

• The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between

  themselves and the stool

• 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

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Check the answers that carry a negative connotation

• "...there was a hesitation before two men, Mr. Martin and his oldest son, Baxter, came forward"

• "The black box grew shabbier each year"

• "The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between

  themselves and the stool"

• "His father spoke up sharply"

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the type of figurative language used to paint a picture or evoke a sensational feeling in the reader?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who wrote The Lottery?

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

How does the author of "The Lottery" feel about small town life?

• She loves small town life and thinks it makes people more humble

• She uses The Lottery to show issues within small town thinking

• She regrets raising her children in a small town

• She uses The Lottery to make light of the way small towns function

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6