Answer:
Backstory.
Explanation:
The references to stones in the story "The Lottery" creates the backstory of the whole story. The ritual of the lottery wherein a member of a particular household is stoned to death is like an annual sport stemming from Mr. Joe Summer's free time. Even though the villagers no longer remember the relevance of the rituals associated with the 'lottery', they still remember to use stones for the killings. And it was with stones that they used to hurl at Tessie Hutchinson, the unlucky victim of the lottery draw which her own husband had marked the slip the previous night.
The word that best fits the connotation of the sentence below is D. easily
<h3>What is a Connotation?</h3>
This refers to the implied meaning of a word as used in a particular context that leads to a different meaning.
Hence, we can see that from the connotation of the breeze, it can be seen that the breeze is said to be light, hence it can be inferred that it would blow through the trees easily and not harshly.
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