After the first drawing occurs in "the lottery," tessie hutchinson shouts to mr. summers, "you didn't give him enough time to take any paper he wanted. i saw you. it wasn't fair! "

how does tessie's outburst at this point in the story affect the story's mood?

a.
it adds humor to the mood.

b.
it increases the tension in the mood.

c.
it defuses the negative mood.

d.
it creates a mood of pity.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination