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  • Exposition
  • Rising action
  • Climax
  • The crowd in the small village has gathered for an annual lottery that takes place each year at the end of June. Every head of household is called to grab a slip of paper from the box in the center of the village square. Mr.Summers is in charge of the lottery.
  • Falling action
  • The entire Hutchinson family, Bill, Tessie, Bill, Jr., 12-year-old Nancy, and toddler Little Davy are called up to the box, Mr. Summers puts 5 slips of paper into the box, including the one Bill Hutchinson had been holding when he was chosen.
  • Resolution
  • Each member of the Hutchinson family draws a slip of paper from the box. All of the papers of blank, except for Tessie's, which has a black dot in pencil on it.
  • Tessie begins to scream that it's not fair, it's not right. The villagers begin to pick up the stones they'd gathered earlier and form a circle around Tessie. They want to get this over with before noon dinner.
  • As Tessie screams, a stone hits her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner, the oldest man in the village, urges the villagers on. The villagers descend upon Tessie with the stones.