What is the main function of this excerpt? O It introduces the windmill.
O It introduces the conflict.
O it introduces the author.
O It introduces the resolution.
Read the excerpt from The Boy Who Harnessed the
Wind by William Kamkwamba.
News of the machine had spread to the villagés, and
people were starting to arrive. The traders spotted it from
their stalls and packed up their things. The truckers left
their vehicles along the roads. Everyone walked into the
valley, and now gathered in its shadow. I recognized
these faces. Some of these people had mocked me for
months, and still they whispered, even laughed. More of
them were coming. It was time.