Question

Which lines in this passage are a flashback?

*Helen stood at one end of the room taking in all the activity; Rupert and Phoebe danced to the loud music that drowned all other voices.* Food, friends, music—how they brought people together. *She thought of her last day in middle school, seven years ago, when Sarah had given her an iPod.* *She had felt ecstatic that day when she realized she would be able to listen to her favorite songs and fend off comments from her cousins about how little she knew about music.*
She smiled as she drew out the envelope from her clutch. *Tomorrow at this time she would be performing solo at the Royal Hall of Music; she could almost hear the thunderous applause.* The music stopped and Phoebe called out her name. *Helen almost dropped the envelope as she walked up to congratulate Phoebe.*

The * indicates those lines are the choices.

Answer 1

When it starts with **She thought about her last day in middle school**    And the ending to the flash back is before this sentence starts **She smiled as she drew out the envelope**                  The ** Are not to mark the choices. and I put the beginning of the flashback the end for extra.          And 5 days late, sorry but maybe for the next people looking for the answer.

Answer 2

*She thought of her last day in middle school, seven years ago, when Sarah had given her an iPod.* *She had felt ecstatic that day when she realized she would be able to listen to her favorite songs and fend off comments from her cousins about how little she knew about music.

Step-by-step explanation:

Flashback is a transition to an earlier time in the story, interrupting the chronological order of events. It is commonly used to give the reader additional information about the characters' past. In the passage we are studying here, the flashback comes in the form of Helen's own memories. It tells the reader how Helen felt relieved to be given an iPod so that she could listen to her favorite songs without being criticized.