What story element does the author develop in this
excerpt?
Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp."
Father, being an engineer, was always systematic. He took
out a pocket French dictionary. "They told me that most of
the items would be in French, so I came prepared." He
even had a pocket flashlight, the size of a marking pen.
While Mother held the flashlight over the menu, he looked
up the items that were in French.
Oplot details about the Lins' routines
O characterization of Mr. Lin
Oconflict between characters
O setting details about the restaurant

Instructions: the following argument argues for advertising to children. read the argument and answer the question that follows: topic and question advertising: should companies be allowed to advertise to children? ineffective argument i think that advertising to children is necessary. how else will we know what we can buy? i think that children are not aware of the products that are available. most children don’t own cars and can’t drive to stores to look around. the only way we know what we can buy is by seeing advertisements on tv. my friend really likes advertisements, too. he said, "how will we know what to buy if we don’t see advertisements? " seriously, children are consumers, too. we know what we like and we ask our parents to buy these products for us. i know that i like certain cereals, but how would i know that if i did not see advertisements? i love those commercials! kids are people, too. why is the argument ineffective? in a paragraph of 7–10 complete sentences, explain why the following parts of the argument are ineffective, and how they can be improved: claim support conclusion clincher point of view transitions