Adam is staging one of his own creative writing stories at a local theater festival. Compare his original story to the adaptation:

Original: They moved through the riverbed, mud sucking at their galoshes and turning each step to slow motion. Pedro paused, squinted into the rain, and wrung a gush of water out of his cloth cap before planting it soggily back on his head. He told Benjamin that this was absolutely the last time that he would ever go fishing.

Staged: (Riverbed. Sound of rainfall. PEDRO and BENJAMIN move awkwardly, with large steps, as though stuck in the mud.) PEDRO: I’m telling you, Benjamin, this is the last time. (takes off his hat and wrings it out, puts it back on his head.) The absolute last time. BENJAMIN: The last time what? PEDRO: The last time that I ever, ever, go fishing with you.

How does Adam develop the setting in his adaptation?
A. By adding new dialogue that was not in the original.
B. By changing the setting to a different one from the original.
C. By changing the story’s descriptions of the setting into dialogue.
D. By changing the story’s descriptions of the setting into stage directions.

What caused the american civil war? there were many reasons for a civil war to happen in america, and political issues and disagreements began soon after the american revolution ended in 1782. between the years 1800 and 1860, arguments between the north and south grew more intense. one of the main quarrels was about taxes paid on goods brought into this country from foreign countries. this tax was called a tariff. southerners felt these tariffs were unfair and aimed toward them because they imported a wider variety of goods than most northern people. taxes were also placed on many southern goods that were shipped to foreign countries, an expense that was not always applied to northern goods of equal value. an awkward economic structure allowed states and private transportation companies to do this, which also affected southern banks that found themselves paying higher interest rates on loans made with banks in the north. the situation grew worse after several “panics,” including one in 1857 that affected more northern banks than southern. southern financiers found themselves burdened with high payments just to save northern banks that had suffered financial losses through poor investment. which sentence from the selection states a major detail that supports the main idea? a there were many reasons for a civil war to happen in america, and political issues and disagreements began soon after the american revolution ended in 1782. b taxes were also placed on many southern goods that were shipped to foreign countries, an expense that was not always applied to northern goods of equal value. c the situation grew worse after several "panics," including one in 1857 that affected more northern banks than southern. d this tax was called a tariff. e between the years 1800 and 1860, arguments between the north and south grew more intense.

What do the excerpts have in common? both point out the tragic nature of situations in which children make journeys without their parents. both describe what immigrant children must do to survive when traveling to the united states. both explain why most children want to leave central america without their parents. both indicate the tragic problems and their consequences that children in central america must face.

Iback to my office after i saw the rain.