Use of Writing Terms Vocabulary (#1-10)Examples in "The Lottery"

Question 1

"... with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day;"

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mood

Question 2

Mrs. Hutchinson said, grinning, "Wouldn't have me leave m'dishes in the sink, now would you?"

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irony

Question 3

" ... a recital of some sort ..."

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alliteration

Question 4

"Listening to young folks, nothing's good enough for them."

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hyperbole

Question 5

"Don't you have a grown boy to do it for you, Janey?"

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oxymoron

Question 6

"...the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

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mood

Question 7

"Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work anymore..."

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hyperbole

Question 8

"All right, folks," Mr. Summers said, "Let's finish quickly."

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tone

Question 9

"...their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed."

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foreshadowing

Question 10

"People ain't the way they used to be."

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dialect

Question 11

"After that, there was a long pause, a breathless pause, until..."

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suspense

Question 12

"The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions."

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tone

Question 13

"... the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it ..."

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flashback

Question 14

"Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones ... "

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foreshadowing

Question 15

"Years and years ago this part of the ritual had been allowed to lapse."

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alliteration

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