Question 4 5 pts
PART B: Which detail from the text best
supports the answer to Part A?
"and the black box now resting on the stool
had been put into use even before Old Man
Warner, the oldest man in town, was born."
(Paragraph 5)
"They do say, Mr. Adams said to Old Man
Warner, who stood next to him, 'that over in
the north village they're talking of giving up
the lottery" (Paragraph 31)
"There's always been a lottery, he added
petulantly. 'Bad enough to see young Joe
Summers up there joking with everybody!"
(Paragraph 32)
"Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery,
Old Man Warner said as he went through the
crowd. 'Seventy-seventh time." (Paragraph 40)

Which statement best evaluates the author's use of pacing in the passage? a. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the imagery and figurative language don't adequately describe either the cheetah or the gazelle. b. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the imagery and figurative language speed up the action, making the scene come alive for the reader. c. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the long, complex sentences the reader fully understand the power and beauty of nature. d. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the long, complex sentences distract from the sense of stress and anxiety the passage should convey.