Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.
As they suddenly start toward the house. In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. Steve stands in front of them. For a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but Steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop.
STEVE
Wait a minute . . . wait a minute! Let's not be a mob!
The people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.
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Which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing?
a) As they suddenly start toward the house.
b) In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob.
c) They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end.
d) The people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.
Answer:
d) The people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.
Explanation:
Foreshadowing is a technique is used to warn or predict future events.
Based on the passage, the people were marching towards a house and on their way, they were almost transformed to a mob until they are stopped by their leader who tells them that they should not turn to a mob and stops them from stampeding.
The option D is correct because it uses foreshadowing to show that they seemed to think about the consequences of their actions should they turn to a mob, then they moved much more quietly and slowly.
