Answer:

1. Title: "The Lottery"

2. Setting: Small town in rural America, summer day

3. Characters: Mr. Summers (conducts the lottery), Mr. Hutchinson (selected in the lottery), Mrs. Hutchinson (wife of Mr. Hutchinson), townspeople (participants in the lottery)4

Plot:

A. Beginning: The town gathers in the town square for the annual lottery.

B. Rising Action: The townspeople draw slips of paper from a black box to see who will be selected in the lottery. Mr. Hutchinson is the unlucky winner.

C. Climax: As the townspeople gather around, stones in hand, to stone Mr. Hutchinson to death, he protests the unjust tradition.

D. Falling Action: The stoning proceeds as normal, despite Mr. Hutchinson's pleas.

E. Resolution: The townspeople return to their homes as if nothing happened.

5. Theme: The dangers of blindly following tradition and the potential evil within a community.

6. Point of view: Third-person omniscient.

Verified answer

Title: The Gift of the Magi

Setting: New York City, early 20th century, on Christmas Eve.

Characters:

• Della Young, a young woman who loves her husband deeply.
• Jim Young, Della's husband who also loves her deeply.
• Madame Sofronie, a hairdresser.

Plot:

A. Beginning: On Christmas Eve, Della Young is counting her money and realizing she doesn't have enough to buy a Christmas present for her husband Jim. She decides to sell her beautiful hair, which is her most precious possession, to a hairdresser named Madame Sofronie.

B. Rising Action: Della uses the money she gets from selling her hair to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's prized possession, his pocket watch. Meanwhile, Jim has sold his pocket watch to buy Della a beautiful set of combs for her hair.

C. Climax: On Christmas Day, Della and Jim exchange their gifts and realize what each has done to buy a gift for the other. They are both heartbroken and shocked that the gifts they bought are now useless, but they both realize the depth of their love for each other.

D. Falling Action: Della and Jim hold each other and cry. They realize that their love and sacrifice for each other is the greatest gift they could ever receive.

E. Resolution: The story ends with the narrator saying that the magi, who brought gifts to the baby Jesus, were "wise men" because they understood that true love and sacrifice is the greatest gift of all.

Theme: The theme of the story is the power of love and sacrifice.

Point of view: Third person, omniscient. The story is told from an outside perspective, and the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

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