How is the lottery ironic in the story?
a. usually a lottery winner is considered lucky, but the lottery winner in this story is put to death.
b. the lottery winners in this story are considered lucky because they get to harvest corn, but they are already farmers.
c. mrs. dunbar fills in for her husband at the lottery since he broke his leg and their son horace is too young to draw.
d. old man warner has been in the lottery seventy-seven times, but has yet to be the winner.

A. Usually a lottery winner is considered lucky, but the lottery winner in this story is put to death.

Explanation:

In this story, the irony lies in the negative nature of the lottery. Most of the time, when people think of the lottery, this is a positive experience and people feel happy to win. In this story, while the author employs many positive words and ideas, the winner of the lottery is actually put to death. This differs from what most people would expect when reading the story.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

yes, it can be both.