The reaping is the lottery selection of candidates in which tributes (children who will participate in the games) are chosen.
The time when they choose the tributes to go into the Hunger Games is called the Reaping.
That's when the they pick the tributes for the game at reaping
By the time he is 18, he has 42 entries in the reaping draw.
the reaping
The Capitol (they control the hunger games and are not required to enter the reaping)
I believe it is 2 weeks
Holds the names of the children eligible for the Hunger Games
This is called the Reaping.
No. It is designed to be in favor of the richer people.
Within the first chapter of The Hunger Games the Reaping is mentioned; this is a hook because the reader, at this point, is not supposed to know what the Reaping is. The purpose of a hook is to make the reader continue reading. The mention of the Reaping keeps the reader reading for two reasons a) either the reader does not know what the Reaping is and wants to find out or b) the reader wants to know who will be selected in the Reaping, and, by extension, what will occur afterward.
You just yell: "I VOLUNTEER!" And bam.
Risk your life for a loved one.