Hurry
read this excerpt from a play.

(the stage lights illuminate a classroom. tidy rows of desks face a wood stove, a chalkboard, and a teacher’s desk. piles of books and papers adorn the teacher’s desk. a young girl and teacher are speaking quietly.)

teacher: the primary children are studying poetry this afternoon, and i need your assistance. (she gathers a stack of textbooks and hands them to her student.) choose a few poems and have the children read along with you.

margo: (she reaches for a book) yes, ma’am. i always enjoy reading to the young ones.

(margo retreats to a chair by the window and begins flipping through a book. two boys sit nearby, giggling about a picture that one of them has drawn.)

which setting detail reveals the time period?

a “tidy rows of desks face a wood stove, a chalkboard, and a teacher’s desk.”

b “she gathers a stack of textbooks and hands them to her student.”

c “margo retreats to a chair by the window and begins flipping through a book.”

d “two boys sit nearby, giggling about a picture that one of them has drawn.”

She gathers a stack of textbooks and hands them to her students.

Option B.

Explanation:

The setting details in the paragraph, which have been taken from a play, which show the time period in which all these activities are taking place in the play is she gathers a stack of textbook and hands them to her students.

This setting detail tells the time period because it has been written that the teacher and the students who are a part of the play are gearing themselves up for reading a poem in the afternoon. With the help of this we get to know that all of this is happening during the afternoon time period.

d

explanation:

the author is intending to draw attention to the plight of refugees, editorial and biography support this. both workpieces make the reader empathize with enrique as well as with the other young migrants from central america. the writer, however, is using a different approach to each text.

the editorial includes strong words to persuade readers. he is trying hard to convince readers in the us to change its refugee approach.

the biography relies on narrative techniques and figurative language which the writer uses wisely in the setting, characterization, and personification to educate readers on the topic.