Read this excerpt from "Life Without Go-Go Boots" by Barbara Kingsolver and answer the question. We lived in the country, in the middle of an alfalfa field, we had no immediate access to Bobble Brooks sweaters. I went to school in the hand-me-downs of a cousin three years older. She had excellent fashion sense, but during the three-year lag her every sleek outfit turned to a pumpkin.2 ... My black lace-up oxfords, which my parents perceived to have orthopedic value, carried thelr own welght in the spectacle. I suspected people noticed, and I knew it for sure on the day Billy Stamps announced to the lunch line, "Make way for the Bride of Frankenstein,"4

Which of the numbered sentences from the excerpt shows the most immediacy and why?

01- mentions a popular style of the times
02- is an allusion to Cinderella
03- mentions her parents' thoughts
04- draws us Into the scene

d

explanation:

irving effectively uses emotional responses to create suspense in the story.irving’s tone creates expectations for the reader, which in turn create suspense.irving’s suspense would have been more effective with more vivid details.irving’s story is not suspenseful

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

the correct answer is the name of the author of the quotation appears at the text leading up to it   apex 2018