In at least one hundred words, discuss how shirley jacksons’s “the lottery” can be viewed as a statement about the historical events that happened a few years before the story’s publication in 1948. use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Exit "families were being further torn asunder, and those left behind knew no more about their own fate than they did of the loved ones moving on." this passage from the text best represents which of the following literary devices used by the author? a. the motif of racial prejudice b. the dramatic irony of the audience knowing more than the characters c. the motif of displacement and separation d. the theme of conflict between those leaving and those being left behind

In ralph ellison’s “the black ball” the narrator of the story stretches the truth or lies several times what do you think it is his motivation for being so untruthful

What is the main idea of this paragraph from the volcanoes section of the ready. gov website