Read the story summary.

while visiting a meteor crater, a teenager comes across a meteorite that inspires him to become an astronaut.

what kind of nonfiction source did the author most likely use to make the elements in the story realistic?

an animated film about a group’s voyage through the galaxy
a blog where people speculate about the existence of aliens
a popular television series set in the far reaches of space
a government website on space exploration

D) A government website on space exploration.

Explanation: nonfiction is a kind of writing that is about real events and facts, rather than stories that have been invented. From the given options, the only one that represents an example of a nonfiction source, is the corresponding to option D: A government website on space exploration, because it presents information based on facts and things that really happen, which would help the author to make the elements in his story realistic.

arah orne jewett first published "a white heron" in her 1886 collection, "a white heron and other stories." this short story tells the tale of what happens when sylvia, a 9-year-old girl living deep in the forest with her grandmother, meets a young hunter looking to capture, and kill, the white heron living in sylvia's woods. the climax occurs when sylvia must decide whether to him or protect the bird.

rising action

leading up to the climax of the story, the nameless young hunter befriends sylvia and her grandmother, mrs. tilly. he explains to mrs. tilly that he is bent on "stuffing and preserving" a little white heron that he believes lives near their cottage. mrs. tilly offers up that "[t]here ain't a foot o' ground" that sylvia doesn't know and suggests that she may be able to him find the bird.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

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