The publication of "The Lottery" in The New Yorker prompted many readers to write letters expressing their feelings about it. What would you say to the
magazine's editors about the story's events and its overall meaning. Write
your own letter to the editor with support for your explanation of your
reaction and interpretation with specific evidence from the story.

Reread paragraph 4. what direct impact did the efforts individuals like ava deer have?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

When you see information in brackets, these are dialogue stage directions setting actor names