Read the excerpt from Gary Soto's "Seventh Grade." She smiled and said, "Hi, Victor."

He smiled back and said, "Yeah, that's me." His brown face blushed. Why hadn't he said, "Hi, Teresa," or

"How was your summer?" or something nice?

This excerpt best expresses the story's

resolution

climax

setting

conflict

Conflict

Explanation:

It's not a resolution because a resolution is the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter, in this case, they are not solving any problems, they're just talking.

It's not a setting because that should be obvious. A setting is the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. Do you see anything describing their surroundings and such? No. They're having a conversation and from this conversation, I don't know where they are because it just doesn't say.

It's not climax because it just isn't. A climax is the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex. That excerpt that we're looking at, it should be obvious that this tiny excerpt isn't a climax.

It IS a conflict because the female is internally fighting with herself and questioning things that he said.