English, 07.10.2019 07:20 jeffcarpenter

Which of the following passages from the morning of june 28 1948 and the lottery best shows how shirley jackson's specific word choices contribute to the story's tone?
a. i went on picking up the mail every morning, pushing my daughter up and down the hill in her stroller, anticipating pleasurably the check from the new yorker, and shopping for groceries.
b. the weather stayed nice and it looked as though it was going to be a good summer.
c. no, i said, nothing in particular; it was just a story i wrote.
d. then, on june 28, the new yorker came out with my story.

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A is the best answer. The other answers are too brief to really tell anything. A provides more of a tone because you learn what kind of morning it was.

Answer from: jebrinlayan9012

Hi!

The answer is option A. I went on picking up the mail every morning, pushing my daughter up and down the hill in her stroller, anticipating pleasurably the check from The New Yorker, and shopping for groceries.

Explanation:

Option A is the correct answer because the tone of the sentence best matches the tone of Shirley Jackson's writting, The Lottery. The tone of the lottery is light, fun, and peaceful, and option A shows a very similar tone by adding details of fun and peacefulness such as "pushing my daughter up and down the hill" and "anticipating pleasurably the check from the New Yorker".

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A: become a alien but sound like a human

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everyman: morality play

which phrase in this excerpt from the play everyman refers to god's judgment of people's souls after their death?

messenger: . .

ye think sin in the beginning full sweet,

which in( the end) causeth thy soul to weep,

when the body lieth in clay.

here shall you see how fellowship and jollity,

both strength, pleasure, and beauty,

will fade from thee as flower in may.

for ye shall hear, how our heavenly king

calleth everyman to a (general reckoning):

give audience, and hear what he doth say.

god: i perceive here in my majesty,

how that all the creatures be to me unkind,

living without dread in worldly prosperity:

of (ghostly sight) the people be so blind,

drowned in sin, they know me not for their god;

in worldly riches is all their mind,

they fear not( my righteousness), the sharp rod;

(my law that i shewed), when i for them die

hopefully this !

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