Read the following. What is the effect of the author including this passage? Yes, the boss was at my shoulder.
"Get it done, get it done."
The bombs were coming - and so was I.
O It hints at the destruction and loss still to come.
It shows that Death really doesn't want to collect so many souls.
O It emphasizes the Liesel and Max are fighters who will manage to evade Death yet again.
It conveys a tone of optimism and coming triumph because the allied troops are on the way.

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