2.  “The people in the village began to
gather in the square, between the post
office and the bank around 10 o’ clock.”
(Page 1)
 This sentence creates the mood of
romance because during the beginning
of the story, all of the families were
greeting each other with love and
worried.

3.  “The morning of June 27th was clear and
sunny with the fresh warmth of a full-
summer day.” (Page 1)
 This sentence creates the mode of
comedy because the author tries to
make the mood happier than it is .

4.  “…and the grass was richly green.”
(Page 1)
 This sentence creates the mode of
comedy. We feel that the author is trying
to brighten up the mood because
something tragic is about to happen.

5.  “When he arrived in the square, carrying
the black wooden box, there was a
murmur of conversation among the
villagers, and he waved and called,
“Little late today, folks.”” (Page 3)
 This sentence creates the mode of
tragedy and irony because the box is
black. We feel the author is trying to
create more of a sad mood than
happy.

6.  “…in his clean white shirt and blue
jeans…” (Page 6)
 This sentence creates the mood of
romance. We think that he wore the
white because he wanted to remind the
people that you might lose someone
that you loved that day.

7.  “Used to be a saying about ‘Lottery in
June, corn will be heavy soon.’” (Page
11)
 This sentence creates the mood of
comedy because June is in the summer.
We feel that the author put the story in
June to brighten up the mood.

8.  “…where the breeze caught them and
lifted them off.” (Page 15)
 This sentence creates the mood of
romance because at this part, the family
is in the lottery and they are trying to
love each other before one of them
leave.

9.  “…his face red and his feet over-large,
nearly knocked the box over as he got a
paper out.” (Page 15)
 This sentence creates the mood of
tragedy and irony. We feel that his face
was red because he was scared that he
would be the one that’s killed and that
would be a tragedy.