The Lottery by Shirley Jackson turns out to be a horror story. What we as readers imagined at the start (a beautiful summers day in a New England village, a lottery) turns out to be something much more violent and sinister. The writer ‘hints’ throughout her tale and offers the opportunity for a reader to make multiple inferences.

This assignment consists of section A, B and C and is worth 28 marks

Section A

The picturesque village and opening scene contrast dramatically to the violent ending of the story.

Pick 5 direct quotes from the text which paint a beautiful and peaceful picture at the start of the story. These quotes try and fool us into a feeling of comfort!

2 marks for each correct quote taken from the text

Section B

The writer offers multiple opportunities for us to ‘infer’ that something is wrong, something sinister is afoot.

Can you find five examples from the text? Direct quotes taken from the text.

Can you explain why these examples hint at something sinister

Hint/suggestion that something unpleasant is afoot What inference can you make about this evidence?

in the sonnet 116 written by william shakespeare we can analyze the symbolism and say that he reuses the idea of love like a guiding star for the sailor.

reading through the poem we find out that in the line 7 there is a metaphor for the lover that is heading through the life events by love itself .

maybe i could if you provided more information, such as a image of the text? (;

1. an introductory word, phrase, or clause which is missing the word(s) it is supposed to modify- dangling modifier

words, clauses or phrases which add description is known as a modifier. a modifier is found before or after the target words that they want to describe.

for example: happily, she ran towards her father.

herein, happily precedes 'she', its target.

whereas, when an author forgets to mention the target and includes the modifier thus it is known as a dangling modifier, wherein modifier has nothing to describe. these are the errors which confuse the reader.

2. a noun or pronoun's function within a sentence- elliptical clause

it is a clause in which words are being left out. on the other hand, the missing word is understood due to the logic or pattern of the sentence.

for example:

she had five apples;   kanishk, three.

herein the verb 'had' is missing which is otherwise understood.

3. to quickly run: split infinitive

it refers to the construction of the sentence in which infinitive consists with the word or an adverb between to and verb.

for example, he used to secretly ate those apples.

4. a clause with either an implied subject or verb: elliptical clause

5. a word that joins words or phrases of the same grammatical type: coordinating conjunctions are the words which connect clauses and phrases. there are seven coordinating conjunctions that are, yet, so, or, for, and, nor, and but.

for example:

the boy refused to complete the homework nor will he take the punishment.

'and' is the coordinating conjunction.

7. pronoun with no specific antecedent: indefinite pronouns are the pronouns which do not refer to anyone specifically.

for example several, nobody, some and so forth.

8. a pair of words like either/or: correlative conjunctions

these are the pairs of conjunctions used in a sentence to join elements together. these are, , not also, and so forth.

9. masculine and feminine forms: gender

gender refers to the cultural, psychological and behavioral traits that are associated with a particular sex.

to lines side by side going the same direction with no collision