Text-Dependent Questions: "The Lottery"

What is the setting of the story "The Lottery?"

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What are some examples of irony in "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson?

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How do the people in the village feel about the lottery in "The Lottery"?

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CCSS.RL.2.10

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The tone of "The Lottery" is at the beginning is:

• disturbing

• apprehensive

• tranquil

• stubborn

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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The point of view of "The Lottery" is ________________________.

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How do the people in the village feel about the lottery in "The Lottery"?

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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What is the conflict?

• Person versus Person

• Person versus Society

• Person versus Nature

• Person versus Himself

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What is the prize for winning "The Lottery?"

• Money A day at the spa

• Free Vacation

• To be stoned to death

• A new car

Part A: What does Old Man Warner’s character represent in the text?

• people’s desire to cling to tradition

• people’s fear of change

• people’s violent tendencies

• people’s fear of death

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19. Part B: 9. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• “and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born.” (Paragraph 5)

• “‘Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while.’” (Paragraph 32)

• “‘There’s always been a lottery,’ he added petulantly. ‘Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody.’” (Paragraph 32)

• “‘Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery,’ Old Man Warner said as he went through the crowd. ‘Seventy-seventh time.’” (Paragraph 40)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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