NEED HELP FAST! 50 POINTS!! One day during her summer internship, Marcy returned home to write this update in her work journal:
We were all sitting at our desks, lost in our workday routines, when the fire alarm sprang to life. We jumped in our seats, but seated we stayed. One by one, we called to each other across the cubicle tops, “Do we have a drill?” “Are they testing the system?” “Should we go outside?” Five minutes later, the fire alarm still beeping, we casually grabbed our purses and our mp3 players, our sunglasses and our key fobs, and strolled out the back door. What conclusion can you draw about Marcy’s workplace given the evidence? A. The building’s managers were testing the fire alarms. B. The workers failed to follow proper fire safety procedures. C. The workers had too much work to do to pay attention to fire safety procedures. D. The employees where Marcy works have had no training in fire safety procedures.
One day during her summer internship, Marcy returned home to write this update in her work journal: We were all sitting at our desks, lost in our workday routines, when the fire alarm sprang to life. We jumped in our seats, but seated we stayed. One by one, we called to each other across the cubicle tops, “Do we have a drill?” “Are they testing the system?” “Should we go outside?” Five minutes later, the fire alarm still beeping, we casually grabbed our purses and our mp3 players, our sunglasses and our key fobs, and strolled out the back door. What conclusion can you draw about Marcy’s workplace given the evidence? A. The building’s managers were testing the fire alarms. B. The workers failed to follow proper fire safety procedures. C. The workers had too much work to do to pay attention to fire safety procedures. D. The employees where Marcy works have had no training in fire safety procedures.
Changing the order of events can build tension and suspense. When a story is presented chronologically, the story is presented in the sequence of events in which it would have occurred. Thus, events will be understood to logically follow one another as things unfold—the order is logical and surprises are rare.
