Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:
What is the author's purpose for using a black spot on the paper?
Read the passage from "The Lottery."
Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal-company office. Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd.
O to represent the darkness of death
to maintain the tradition of the lottery
O to enhance the mystery of the lottery
O to represent the horror of disobedience
Answer:
O to enhance the mystery of the lottery
Explanation:
The author presents the black spot on the paper as a way to convey a mysterious sensation to the reader. This is because the reader does not understand what this black spot represents, but understands that it is not a good and fun thing. In this way the reader begins to doubt the nature of the lottery and what it refers to. In this case, the author manages to show through the black spot on the paper, the mystery that the lottery carries, thus imposing a suspense in the plot.
Answer: he describes a problem then poses several solutions
Explanation: read
<span>The central claim of Benjamin Banneker’s letter to
Thomas Jefferson is statement (c): It is hypocritical to state that „all men
are created equal“ in a country that permits slavery. Even though in the first
ten amendments of United State Constitution (Bill of Right,1791) is stated that
all men have personal freedom and rights, many African-Americans were still
slaves, which angered free African-American Benjamin Banneker to write a public letter
to Thomas Jefferson.</span>
In <span><em>Hills Like White Elephants</em>, a couple is discussing on whether they should terminate the woman's pregnancy, which she is willing to do if it will make him happy, but he won't want her to go through it if she doesn't want to. As they wait for this <em>trip</em>, which seems to be to take them to the place where the procedure would be performed, they go back an forth on said decision.
Therefore, your best answer would be option A.</span>
