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What is the author's purpose for using a black spot on the paper?
Read the passage from "The Lottery."
Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal-company office. Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd.
O to represent the darkness of death
to maintain the tradition of the lottery
O to enhance the mystery of the lottery
O to represent the horror of disobedience
Answer:
O to enhance the mystery of the lottery
Explanation:
The author presents the black spot on the paper as a way to convey a mysterious sensation to the reader. This is because the reader does not understand what this black spot represents, but understands that it is not a good and fun thing. In this way the reader begins to doubt the nature of the lottery and what it refers to. In this case, the author manages to show through the black spot on the paper, the mystery that the lottery carries, thus imposing a suspense in the plot.
Answer:
4) Young people are able to join the armed forces and drive from the age of 16.
Explanation:
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In order to answer this question, we need to know what each of the options mean.
Used to criticize and expose people's foolishness with the uses of irony, humor, and/or exaggeration.
An exaggerated statement that is not literal.
Presented as something worse than it actually is.
Image (or imagery) describes something/someone with our five senses: seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling.
The statement "It is negative 100 degrees outside!" is not literal; it just means that it is extremely cold outside. This statement falls under the category of a hyperbole.
