In the third sentence of the first paragraph, the author refers to "statewide changes" in
obesity rates to illustrate which of the following claims about obesity?

Analyze the graphic organizer below and answer the question that follows. / which element is necessary to complete the graphic organizer? complex sentence prepositional phrase subordinate clause independent clause the.i think it might be c but idk

When you see information in brackets, these are dialogue stage directions setting actor names

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house