Some consider Chinua Achebe the father of modern African Literature.
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.
The answers to these questions are………………
1.a 2.b 3.c 4.a 5.b
The correct answer is C. Simile.
Explanation
A simile is the name of a rhetorical figure that consists of highlighting the similarity between one element and another, to attribute to the first characteristics of the second. According to this definition in the sentence "And closest contact with the human is like a lantern shining in the night" because it highlights the similarity between two events such as human contact and a lantern shining at night by using the word like. Therefore, the correct answer is C. Simile.
The first 10<span> amendments to the Constitution make up the </span>Bill of Rights<span>. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the </span>Bill of Rights<span> lists specific prohibitions on governmental power.</span>