In "The Piece of String," market day in the village of Goderville is busy and hectic, as people from near and far come to the village. Which statement best explains how this event develops the plot?

It serves as the falling action of the story because it shows that people almost always get what they deserve.

It is part of the rising action of the story, which builds the reader's suspense about how Hauchecorne will prove his innocence.

It resolves the main conflict of the story by showing that Hauchecorne was innocent all along.

It acts as a part of the exposition, establishing the circumstances and setting that surround the action of the story.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

How does the map develop the central idea that scholars at jundi shapur spread the knowledge of sugar? the map illustrates the spread of sugar from new guinea to persia. the map shows that sugar was being refined primarily in the north rather than the south. the map illustrates the spread of knowledge about refined sugar processing to egypt. the map illustrates that people in china knew how to refine sugar and shared this knowledge. the answer is c

Comprehension the question below refers to the selection“the lamb from songs of innocence” by william blake. according to the speaker, the lamb is endowed with the qualities of — a. mildness c. wisdom b. energy d. humor