Answer: Victor lingers in his homeroom so he can be near Teresa.
Explanation:
The rising action of a story refers to the evens that preclude the climax. They are events that keep building up the conflict in the story until they boil out in the climax.
In the story Seventh Grade, Victor is a boy who really like a girl named Teresa and has promised to himself that she will be his girlfriend that year. When he went to his homeroom to begin the semester and discovers that Teresa is in his homeroom as well, he lingers so he can be near her and leave at the same time she is leaving so that they can make contact.
Keeps them warm so they do not freeze in the cold !
<span>C-to establish a mood of gentle anticipation before introducing characters </span>
A)First Person..it includes “I” and “my”. Meaning the author wrote the story referring to themselves.