1. The kite festival once marked the arrival of spring in Pakistan. People gathered with their handmade kites and battled over w
hose kite could fly _________ . 2. Competition was fierce. People spoke of nothing else in the days that _________, admiring the winner and promising themselves that one day, their own kite would fly proudly over the town.
3. But, unfortunately that was _________. The kite festival has been banned since 2007.
In sentence 2, select the transition that best fits the blank.
A. came before
B. followed
C. happened earlier
D. were over
The author's word choice gives the reader insight into the dialect of the speaker. The written pronunciation of some words show what the character would sound like speaking, which gives an indication of where they are from or what they're like.
