Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.

DON

And he never did come out to look at that thing that flew overhead. He wasn't even interested.

(he turns to the faces in the group, his face taut and serious)

Why? Why didn't he come out with the rest of us to look?

CHARLIE

He always was an odd ball. Him and his whole family. Real odd ball.

Which element of drama is highlighted in the stage direction?

plot

resolution

setting

character

plot

Explanation:

the plot is the main event of the play, by reading the excerpt it sounded like a sort of conflict or expression of feeling

A

Explanation:

a. "to practice" is the best phrase to complete the sentence.

explanation:

during the summer, she likes to practice her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

(note that : all the other options "the practicing of", "practice for" and "to do a practice on" are inappropriate as they make the sentence grammatically incorrect.)

1. alliteration

2. wistful