Read a narrative essay about the Great Depression. My great-uncle Al was fifteen when the stock market crashed in 1929, ushering in the Great Depression. Al had to quit school and try to find a job. The years of the Great Depression were terrible times for most people, and it was no different for that generation of my family.

Trying to find work was difficult, and Al had to work long hours for very little money. He took whatever jobs he could get. He sold newspapers on street corners. On a good day, he might take home thirty cents. On weekends, he sometimes was hired to wash dishes in a restaurant. In the fall, he was able to pick apples to sell on the street.

Many years later, Al wondered why those times were called the "Great" Depression. He didn't see anything great about it, and he was very glad when it was finally over.

A brainstorming chart that was used to write this narrative essay would have included the phrase “the years of the Great Depression were terrible times for most people” as
the concluding statement.
a supporting detail.
a topic sentence.
the thesis statement.

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.stevewait 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.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.