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1. The main conflict of the story is to figure out who is the “winner” of the lottery
2. There is irony used in the story
3. How the tone changes throughout the story
4. The story is American literature
5. There is more than one theme but still has its main focus
6. How the author gives out escalating clues
The verb "will attend" is in future tense
Answer:
This phrase is a metaphor "The earth is the cup of the sun, That filleth at morning" it is stating that the Earth is like a cup that in the morning will be filled by sunlight.