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My example of preserving is when I did all of my homework even though I wanted to play games. I remained focused by turning off my devices and reminding myself that I have to do these assignments or I would be stressed out later on.
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Tessie Hutchinson is stoned to death to appease forces desiring a sacrificial lamb offered in atonement for the sins of others, with no questions asked.
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The random persecution is done according to the rules of the lottery. The rules have long been the ritual which seems logical to the villagers. However, there is no reason behind the annual persecution. People just blindly follow the tradition and the leader in the village, regardless of the fact whether that person should die or not. It is a collective murder. Society wrongfully designates scapegoats to bear the sins of the community.
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Explanation:
- Medieval superstition placed great importance on <u>omens</u>
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An omen is a phenomenon that was believed to predict the future. The omen told them a good or bad change, and that change was going to predict what was going to happen in the future. People believed that omens brought messages from "Gods". So in conclusion, Medieval superstition placed great importance on omens.
- Mordancy
Tone, as you may know, is the general attitude an author takes in the construction of a story, essay, poem, etc. that can be determined by the author's choice of words. When we look at the essay, "Murmurs," by K.C. Cole, we see slang/informality in the author's word choice in the following sentence from the essay: "Because there's scientific gold in them there sinusoidal
hills." Additionally, there are many analogies and similes the author uses in the explanation of concepts such as when the author writes "Like children going after cookies the patterns of sloshing particles left their sticky fingerprints all over the sky." As such, one way to describe the author's tone would be informal (almost playful/humorous) yet informative.
