Rae looked down at an unbroken stretch of perfect white snow. She was the first one at the snowboarding park on the mountain that morning. Now consider the plot tracking chart.

Why should the information in this passage be placed in the "Beginning” column of this chart?

because it contains a conflict
because it shows a turning point
because it contains a character and setting
because it shows how the character changes

Read the first stanza of wallace stevens's 'the anecdote of the jar' below: i placed a jar in tennessee, and round it was, upon a hill. it made the slovenly wilderness surround that hill. which of these is the best paraphrase of the stanza? o a. when i placed a jar outside in tennessee, it seemed to dominate all of nature. o b. the round jar i put on a hill looked strange amidst the wildness of nature o c. i put a round jar on a hill in tennessee, and the jar made the wilderness surround it. o d. i placed a jar on a round, wilderness-covered hill in tennessee.