Identify plot elements in the passage by completing the
sentence.
Mama's instructions to Wiley are part of the
which builds up tension and leads
to the story's
"You just do what I say. You say, 'Hello, Hairy Man," his
mama said, "And he says, "Hello, Wiley.' And you say,
"Hairy Man, I heard you the best conjure doctor around
here.' And he say, 'I reckon lam.' And you say, 'Bet you
can't turn yourself into a giraffe.' You keep tellin him he
can't. Wiley," his mama told him, "and then he is sure to
turn himself into a giraffe. Then you say, 'Bet you can't
turn yourself into an alligator.' And he will, too. Then
you say, 'Anybody can turn theyselves into somethin big
as a man. But I bet you can't turn yourself into a possum.
And the Hairy Man will, and you grab him and throw him
in the croaker sack."
--- "Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man,"
Virginia Hamilton

Why it's time to lay the stereotype of the 'teen brain’ to rest 2. part b: which detail from the text best supports the answer to part a? a “brain deficits don’t make teens do risky things; lack of experience and a drive to explore the world are the real factors.” (paragraph 1) b “according to this theory, the prefrontal cortex, the center of the brain’s cognitive-control system, matures more slowly than the limbic system, which governs desires and appetites including drives for food and sex.” (paragraph 5) c “in experiments that mimic the well-known marshmallow test, in which waiting for a bigger reward is a sign of self-control, adolescents are less impulsive than children and only slightly more so than adults.” (paragraph 12) d “the majority of adolescents do not die in car crashes, become victims of homicide or suicide, experience major depression, become addicted to drugs or contract sexually transmitted infections.” (paragraph 14)