Read the excerpt from "The Lottery."
What information from the excerpt is ironic?
The children assembled first, of course. School was
recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat
uneasily on most of them; they tended to gather together
quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play,
and their talk was still of the classroom and the teacher, of
books and reprimands.
The children are still thinking about school now that is
summer.
The children gathered quietly together.
The children arrived first for the lottery.
The feeling of freedom from school is an uneasy one.

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

Write a literary analysis essay about an intercalary chapter of the grapes of wrath. your essay should examine how the structure and language support the overall purpose, and it should include specific examples from the text to support your claim. your essay should include the following elements: • a claim that takes a clear stand on the author's purpose, supported by main points • evidence from the text that supports your claim and main points • commentary that the reader understand how your evidence should be interpreted • an introduction, body and conclusion that organize the content of your essay

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action