It’s been a while, but here’s what I remember:
1. The whole town got ready for the lottery
2. Everyone had to pick a piece of paper out of the black box
3. A woman (I forgot her name) gets the paper with the dot on it
4. The town stones her to death
Because it is not the actual word
Yep, that's basically the whole task. To change the passage to become more 'upbeat', yet still share similar words to the previous words, the following could be changed to...
trudged= plodded
shuffled= staggered
scrutinised= questioned
sparse=meagre
closed in= confined
anxious= eager (Although eager and anxious generally do not share a similar definition, in this context they do as 'anxious' is used to describe being excited to do something, and share the same meaning of 'Very eager or concerned to do something or for something to happen'
pried= wrenched
confronted= suddenly exposed
puzzling=baffling
something=remarkable
used=castoff
questioned=pondered
anxious=uneasy
Answer:a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Explanation: hope this helps
