Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready; there were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box. Mrs. Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs. Dunbar. "Come on," she said. "Hurry up." In this excerpt, the references to stones create _____ at the end of "The Lottery." allegory backstory foreshadowing suspense

Answer 1

I'm almost positive it is allegory

Step-by-step explanation:

An allegory is used in order to give light to a hidden meaning through a person, event, place. In this case, The Lottery is portraying the dangers of tradition and religion, and the whole story was written to bring light to the brutality and inhumanity of this simple tradition.

Answer 2

Backstory.

Step-by-step explanation:

The references to stones in the story "The Lottery" creates the backstory of the whole story. The ritual of the lottery wherein a member of a particular household is stoned to death is like an annual sport stemming from Mr. Joe Summer's free time. Even though the villagers no longer remember the relevance of the rituals associated with the 'lottery', they still remember to use stones for the killings. And it was with stones that they used to hurl at Tessie Hutchinson, the unlucky victim of the lottery draw which her own husband had marked the slip the previous night.