Read the excerpt from “The Lottery.”"We're next." Mrs. Graves said. She watched while Mr. Graves came around from the side of the box, greeted Mr. Summers gravely and selected a slip of paper from the box. By now, all through the crowd there were men holding the small folded papers in their large hand, turning them over and over nervously Mrs. Dunbar and her two sons stood together, Mrs. Dunbar holding the slip of paper.
The passage is told by an outside narrator who describes what several people are doing, including Mr. Graves, Mrs. Dunbar, and the crowd. The narrator is not one of the characters speaking or acting in the scene. So the correct choice is “an outside narrator.”
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