Read the passage from "The Strangers That Came to Town" carefully.

“Here they come, Mother,” yelled Tom when a truck
drove up in the rain and stopped at the empty cottage across
the street.

Mother hurried in from the kitchen, and we three looked
out. That truck, we knew, contained the Duvitch family and
all their earthly possessions.

All afternoon Mother, Tom, and I had been watching for
them with mixed emotions. For the Duvitches had just come
over from Europe, and they were the first of the nationality
to settle in our town.

A stream of children, accompanied by a big brown dog,
poured out of the back of the truck and stood in a huddle in
the rain.

How does this scene develop the plot of the story?

This scene introduces the reader to the central conflict of the story.

This scene resolves the central conflict and brings the story towards resolution.

This scene creates tension and builds towards the story's climax.

This scene introduces the reader to the narrator and to the Duvitches.

What can you infer about esperanza's character from the fact that she argues three days with her mother trying to persuade her to write the note?

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire.then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by.the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed.the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot.the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.

Which detail from "harrison bergeron" best communicates the idea that life gets worse when people fail to think critically? o a. hazel decides that she wants to break harrison out of prison o b. george wears neck weights to make him move more slowly o c. george can't finish a thought about handicaps being a bad thing. o d. hazel is average because she is burdened with technological handicaps.