What story element does the author develop in this
excerpt?
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-2-
zip, Z-Z-zip
O plot details about the party
characterization of the Lins
characterization of the Gleasons
O setting details about the Gleasons' house
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
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