Read the excerpt from “the lottery.” "we're next." mrs. graves said. she watched while mr. graves came around from the side of the box, greeted mr. summers gravely and selected a slip of paper from the box. by now, all through the crowd there were men holding the small folded papers in their large hand, turning them over and over nervously mrs. dunbar and her two sons stood together, mrs. dunbar holding the slip of paper. what is the purpose of the descriptive language in the excerpt? it builds suspense as people prepare for the results. it shows how mean-spirited the people have become. it shows the indifference of the people toward the lottery. it causes readers to reflect on a time when they worried.

Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.