PLS MY TIME IS ALMOST OVER Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp."

The lady harpist stopped playing to take a rest. And in the silence, our family’s consumption of soup suddenly seemed unnaturally loud. You know how it sounds on a rocky beach when the tide goes out and the water drains from all those little pools? They go shloop, shloop, shloop. That was the Lin family, eating soup.

What story element does the author develop in this excerpt?

plot details about the Lins’ dining experience

setting details about the French restaurant

conflict between family members

characterization of the harpist

I think it's the conflict between family members

Explanation:

the paragraph emphasizes the silence and how everyone is eating quietly, implying tension, meaning something is most likely wrong I think!

the answer is c. The conflict between family members.

Explanation:

since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.