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Papessa [141]
3 years ago
11

Read the passage below and answer the question.

English
2 answers:
Mamont248 [21]3 years ago
8 0

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th. . .

What best describes the tone of this excerpt from the beginning of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”?

anxious

ominous

optimistic

pessimistic

ANSWER

OPTIMISTIC

Elodia [21]3 years ago
6 0

"Connotation of words implies a happy time". "And people were anxious to get the lottery started."

This describes that people were anxious about the lottery and met in the square at 10 o'clock. it also describes the weather conditions of the day but does give us a context of it.

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