Graphic Organizer - Foreshadowing Jackson uses foreshadowing to hint at the shocking ending by revealing the characters’ increasing nervousness as the event draws near.

Identify details within the townspeople’s words and actions that foreshadow future events and what this information tells the reader about the lottery.

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Detail 1 - Give direct example (quote)

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Townspeople’s Actions that reveal tension and apprehension

Townspeople’s Words that reveal tension and apprehension

What do these details foreshadow about the real nature of the lottery?

How do we know that the lottery may not be what it seems?

What are some details that foreshadow the negative outcome?

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.