What has a strong magnetic property? How do you know?
A
all metals A magnet is a rock or a piece of
metal that can pull certain types of metal
toward itself.
B
steel Because of the way their electrons are
arranged, the metals iron, steel, nickel and
cobalt make good magnets.
С
soft magnets Then they are called soft
magnets.
D
water Most other materials
for example,
water, air and wood — have very weak
magnetic properties.

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