Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. WOMAN ONE (a little reluctantly) Well . . . Sometimes I go to bed late at night. A couple of times . . . A couple of times I'd come out on the porch and I'd see Mr. Goodman here in the wee hours of the morning standing out in front of his house . . . Looking up at the sky. (she looks around the circle of faces) Based on the dialogue and stage directions, what should the reader imagine in this scene?

A woman talking to a group of eager listeners.

Explanation:

The Twilight Zone  is a book written by Rod Sterling and illustrated by Mark Kneece and Rich Ellis. It was adapted into a television series, The Twilight Zone, while "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" is episode 22 of this show.

At the beginning of this excerpt, a woman is telling a story, but there is no evidence to whom she is talking.  However, at the end of her story, there is a direction of scene "she looks around the circle of faces", which suggests that she is talking to a group of people. These people probably surrounded her, and are listening to her story.

the answer is a

mark branliest

explanation:

the answer to your question is the introduction, because the main text is the body paragraphs, and the table of contents is used to locate paragraphs, and the conclusion is where you wrap up all your thoughts in the end.