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belka [17]
3 years ago
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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 sui

t. 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?
English
1 answer:
Pie3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

The excerpt develops the plot about the party to which the family is inserted.

Explanation:

We can see in the excerpt above that the family is part of a social event, such as a party, for example. However, the family is acting in a peculiar way, different from everyone else, which is drawing the guests' attention to them. From this we can see how the excerpt plot intends to develop the events that took place at the party and how this impacted the family.

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