Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. the pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready; there were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box. mrs. delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to mrs. dunbar. "come on," she said. "hurry up." in this excerpt, the references to stones create at the end of "the lottery." allegory backstory foreshadowing suspense

The unblocking of popular social media websites in myanmar is an indication that.

Based on the cause-and-effect relationship in this sentence, what is the meaning of the word illuminate? the colors and patterns on the stained glass windows were illuminated as thousands of candles burned during the special church service. a) to melt or change form b) to grow taller or wider c) to become extremely hot d) to light up or make clear

Which text evidence from the passage supports the theme that even nonliving things contain a life force? select two options.it was close and dry and dusty in the house of the gods.” “i have said the magic was gone but that is not true—it had gone from the magic things but it had not gone from the place.” “i felt the spirits about me, weighing upon me.” “nor had i ever slept in a dead place before—and yet, tonight, i must sleep there.” “when i thought of it, my tongue felt dry in my throat, in spite of my wish for knowledge.” “almost i would have gone down again and faced the dogs, but i did not.”