Think about the similarities and differences between the nonfictional and fictional accounts of a disaster — 9/11 in the news article and the sinkhole in the novel. Both the news article and the novel use a narrative structure, but do they have similar or different purposes? How was the journalist’s perspective of Jans Demczur similar to or different from the author’s perspective of Paul Fisher? What details let you know? If you had not known that the article was nonfiction, could you have mistaken it for a fictional narrative, and vice versa? Why or why not? This is in springboard unit 3.7 PLS HELP!

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