Read the excerpt from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza. Hanging from a cord attached to the middle of the ceiling there was an electric bulb, low enough for an adult to reach and turn the black switch. I realized that this was our own electric light for us to turn on and off as we pleased. I pushed a chair under it and after some instruction from my mother proceeded to create lightning in the room by turning the switch as fast as I could. Which effective technique does the author mainly use to write this excerpt? A) clear point of view
B) interesting dialogue
C) detailed action
D) logical sequencing

C

Explanation:

This is English. It allows for an appreciation for the unusual. Aren't you impressed with a young boy inventing a way to be a young boy? He was not content to just turn on and turn off the switch. After taking instruction from his mother, he created a variation. Lightning. How many times have all of us turned on a light, and never once thought of a variation as this kid did?

You could pick interesting dialog, but there isn't any.

You could pick logical sequencing and I think that's the second best answer. He didn't get creative until he heard his mother's instruction.

And there really is a clear point of view. We're seeing this as a memory.

But I think the best answer is detailed action. It needs the sequencing and the point of view, but the action is what stays with us.