Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp." The lady harpist stopped playing to take a rest. And in the silence, our family’s consumption of soup suddenly seemed unnaturally loud. You know how it sounds on a rocky beach when the tide goes out and the water drains from all those little pools? They go shloop, shloop, shloop. That was the Lin family, eating soup. What story element does the author develop in this excerpt? A:plot details about the Lins’ dining experience B:setting details about the French restaurant C:conflict between family members D:characterization of the harpist

A

Explanation:

It isn't setting since they don't describe the reatauraunt.

It isn't conflict because there's no fighting between anyone.

It isn't the harpist because she's just used as a plot device to highlight the slurping when she stops playing.

So it must be A!

you didn't provide the passage.

explanation:

seeing as this is your first question on i can see why you may have not known that you need to provide the passage.

without the passage, or even the name of the passage, we can not read the passage, therefore we can not determine when or how the pacing effects the tone.

however, you can either repost this question (providing the passage this time)

or you can comment below what the passage is, and i'll you to the best of my ability!

harlem's  cotton club boasted the talents of duke ellington. singers such as bessie smith and billie holiday popularized blues and jazz vocals. jelly roll morton and louis armstrong drew huge audiences as white americans as well as african americans caught jazz fever.