Review the event from“The Strangers That Came to Town.” The Duvitch family moves to their new house on Syringa Street.

Which plot element is best represented by this event?

complicating incident

rising action

climax

exposition

How does this excerpt develop the central idea that espionage during the civil war was often carried out by untrained citizens? it enhances the reader’s understanding by explaining why training was unnecessary. it changes the reader’s perception of what information a spy was able to obtain. it explains an ordinary person’s motivation for conducting espionage against the enemy. it adds moral complexity to espionage, due to the use of secret and dangerous methods.