Question

Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp." I pulled the strings out of my stalk. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip. My brother followed suit. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip. To my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. Suddenly I realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. Looking up, I saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason, their daughter Meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the Badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. What story element does the author develop in this excerpt?

A) lot details about the party
B) characterization of the Lins
C) characterization of the Gleasons
D) setting details about the Gleasons’ house

Answer 1

A: plot details about the party

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Hesitantly B. But if you have more questions on this story, perhaps one of them will make this one clearer.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are a lot of details given about the nature of the party. Are the Lins the people everyone is looking at? We have to assume so.

The answer is between B and A,

Do you think the activity is rather odd? Then you have to pick B. If you thing it odd that everyone is looking at them, then the answer is A. You can't pick C because we are not told anything about them except they are stairing at the Family. And you don't exactly know where this is taking place (unless another question tells you.)