You can type your own categories and points values in this game board. Type your questions and answers in the slides we’ve provided. When you’re in slide show view, click a points box to go to that question, then click to move to the answer slide. Click the left triangle to return to this game board slide. Plot “The Lottery” Vocab Don’t get picked! Short Story Elements “The Lottery” Misc

Category 1 questions follow

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: What is the “exposition?” 10 Category 1

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: the start of the story, the situation before the action starts, introduces characters, settings, sets up the plot. 10 Category 1

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: What is “rising action?” 20 Category 1

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: the series of conflicts and crisis in the story that lead to the climax 20 Category 1

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: What is the “climax?” 30 Category 1

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: the turning point, the most intense moment – either mentally or in action. AKA: THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE STORY 30 Category 1

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: What is the “falling action?” 40 Category 1

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: all of the action which follows the climax 40 Category 1

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Surprise! 50 Category 1

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Whip for over a minute to win 50 points for your team! When you hear the music, start! 50 Category 1

Category 2 questions follow

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Definition: characterized by hearty, good natured humor; jolly 10 Category 2

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: jovial 10 Category 2

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Definition: noisy; high-spirited 20

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: boisterous 20 Category 2

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Definition: equipment used for a particular purpose or activity 30 Category 2

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: paraphernalia 30 Category 2

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Definition: given freely; lavishly 40 Category 2

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: profusely 40 Category 2

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Definition: a matter of routine 50 Category 2

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: perfunctory 50 Category 2

Category 3 questions follow

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: When Old Man Warner hears that some places have dropped the lottery, he … 10 Category 3

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: expresses strong disapproval 10 Category 3

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: By tradition, those who draw the slips of paper during the first round are … 20 Category 3

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: the male heads of households 20 Category 3

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Why doesn't Clyde Dunbar attend the lottery? 30 Category 3

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: He has a broken leg 30 Category 3

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Surprise! 40 Category 3

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Whip for over a minute to win 40 points for your team! When you hear the music, start! 40 Category 3

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: How long does it take to conduct the lottery? 50 Category 3

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: Two hours 50 Category 3

Category 4 questions follow

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Conflict = ? 10 Category 4

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: The problem/ AKA: the dramatic struggle within the story. 10 Category 4

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Define the word “protagonist” and give me an example. 20 Category 4

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: The main character in a literary work. Usually seen as “the good guy” or hero 20 Category 4

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Define the word “antagonist” and give me an example. 30 Category 4

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: The character who opposes the protagonist. Usually seen as “the bad guy” or villain. 30 Category 4

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: What is “tone?” 40 Category 4

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: sets the "atmosphere” or “attitude” that the story creates 40 Category 4

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: We know that “setting” is where the story takes place, but what are the 4 specific elements to it? 50 Category 4

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: 1. the geographical location 2. the time period 3. the socio-economic characteristics of the location 4. the specific room, building… etc. 50 Category 4

Category 5 questions follow

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: On which day does the lottery fall each year? 10 Category 5

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: June 27 th 10 Category 5

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Who is the town's lottery official? 20 Category 5

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: Mr. Summers 20 Category 5

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Which part of the story foreshadows the lottery? 30 Category 5

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: In the second paragraph, the boys gathering the stones foreshadow the “lottery” or stoning. 30 Category 5

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Why do the townspeople participate in the lottery? 40 Category 5

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: It’s a tradition, a yearly ritual to ensure a good harvest. 40 Category 5

Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Q: Why did Mr. Summers replace the original wood chips with slips of paper? 50 Category 5

Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A: As the population of the town grows, the black box couldn’t hold the wooden chips any longer. Slips of paper take up less room. 50 Category 5