Read the passage from "The Lottery." What is the author's purpose for using a black spot on
the paper?
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.
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

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The difference between a guess and an inference is a. an inference is not supported by evidence while a guess is. c. a guess and an inference are the same thing. b. a guess is not supported by evidence while an inference is. d. none of the above

Read the passage. and thus they fought all the long day, and never stinted till the noble knights were laid to the cold earth. and ever they fought still till it was near night, and by then was there a hundred thousand laid dead upon the down. in the passage from morte d’arthur by sir thomas malory, what are the bolded words an example of?