Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.

41. DIFFERENT ANGLE – THE GROUP 41.

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.

Which element of drama is highlighted in this stage direction?

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