1) Read this excerpt from a short story. Highlight the main characters in yellow Highlight the setting in blue. Highlight the conflict that drives the plot in orange
What themes hinted at?
Lori sat on the front stoop of her new home in Wolridge,
She missed Brooklyn. As she wiped away a tear, a boy
biked up to her. "Hey! I'm lostin— live up the street," he
said. "I just wanted to say hi. Do you want to go fishing?"
Lori almost laughed in his smiling face. "Fishing? Are you
joking?" Justin looked upset. Lori then realized no one had
ever been this nice to her before, and a total stranger was
inviting her to do something—she should let go off the
past. "Sorry," she apologized, "I never had a chance to fish
in the city, you know? I'd like to try,"