One example of irony is that Tess is chosen to be the one for the lottery yet in the beginning she is portrayed to be a carefree woman that cares for her family and a person the town likes. Also old Man Warner makes fun of towns that are wanting to get rid of The Lottery and he thinks that means they will go back to primitive times. Though it is the opposite because that town is moving forward by abandoning dated traditions to match moral standards.
Answer:
(C) the art of using effective word choices and figurative language to persuade
Explanation:
It's in the dictionary
William Somerset Maugham was the one who said, "The novel is a picture of real life and manners, and of the time in which it was written".