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Tanya [424]
3 years ago
9

Read the excerpt from “The Lottery.”

English
2 answers:
vodka [1.7K]3 years ago
7 0
It builds suspense as people prepare for the results. i hope this helps(:
Over [174]3 years ago
4 0

Answer: A) It builds suspense as people prepare for the results.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The Lottery" we can see the description of how the people were waiting for the lottery results, with nervousness and expectation. In the excerpt we can see the use of descriptive language to narrate all the details of the situation, this has the purpose of building suspense as people prepare for the results, we can see that in phrases like "She watched while Mr. Graves came around from the side of the box, greeted Mr. Summers gravely and selected a slip of paper from the box."

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