Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. STEVE The two of us can go, Charlie. (he turns to look back at the car) It couldn’t be the meteor. A meteor couldn’t do this. He and Charlie exchange a look then they start to walk away from the group. What do the stage directions tell the reader about Steve’s and Charlie’s point of view? They do not want to leave their homes and walk into town. They suspect something strange may be going on. They know what caused the flash of light but do not want to say it. They are angry at the group of people for making them leav

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.