Unit 1 Vocabulary

In Lamb to Slaughter, Patrick says, "So there it is...I know it's bad timing..." as an _______ detail that he is leaving Mary.

Bradbury's vivid description of the hungry family dog is an example of _________.

A reader must cite _________ evidence to write an effective literary analysis of what the text says.

'Nature prevails over technology' is a logical __________ of the story, There Will Come Soft Rains.

In the short story 'There Will Come Soft Rains', text such as, 'Out of the warrens of the wall...' and '...mysterious invaders...' develop a negative _______.

Dahl uses the literary element _________ to convey humor in 'Lamb to the Slaughter' by presenting the reader with unexpected events.

Mary sat in the next room giggling in the _______ of the short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter".

The reader gets the sense that the family is missing in the ________ 'There Will Come Soft Rains' because no one eats the breakfast prepared.

The word slaughter has a different _________ than words such as, murder or kill.

The house is the __________in 'There Will Come Soft Rains' because it is the main character.