“That has a ring to it” “got the hang of it”
Scansion
Scansion is the act of going through a line of poetry and marking through syllables, which are stressed and which are unstressed. Putting the marking of the whole line together will give the reader an understanding of the meter and rhythm of the line.
Shirley Jackson told: "the idea for "The Lottery" had come to me while I was pushing my daughter up the hill in her stroller—it was, as I say, a warm morning, and the hill was steep, and besides my daughter, the stroller held the day’s groceries—and perhaps the effort of that last 50 yards up the hill put an edge to the story.”
Explanation:
"The Lottery" is a short story written by Shirley Jackson in which members of a small community join together every year to follow a tradition according to which, randomly, the destiny of one of them is decided. The raffler winner is stoned to the dead to ensure prosperity for the whole village. The title is a clear instance of irony.
A major obstacle to developing good human relations skills is that people fear of taking risks.
“It is awfully hard work doing nothing”