Read the passage from "Initiation.”For tonight was the grand finale, the trial by fire. There really was no doubt now that she would get in. She could not think of anyone who had ever been invited into the high school sorority and failed to get through initiation time. But even so, her case would be quite different. She would see to that.
In the plot of a story, most of the events result from a central conflict that leads to the conclusion. The conclusion is also referred to as the:
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Read the sentence from "Initiation.”And from that time on, initiations didn't bother Millicent at all.
Read the passage from Initiation."Remember the part about talking back and smiling," Louise Fullerton had put in, laughing. She was another celebrity in high school, pretty and dark and Vice-President of the student council. "You can't say anything unless your big sister asks you something or tells you to talk to someone. And you can't smile, no matter how you're dying to." The girls had laughed a little nervously, and then the bell had rung for the beginning of afternoon classes.
Read the sentence from “Initiation.”It would be an hour before they came to get her, but then Rat Court would be all over and she would say what she had to say and go home.
Read the passage from “Initiation.”It would be rather fun for a change, Millicent mused, getting her books out of her locker in the hall, rather exciting to be part of a closely knit group, the exclusive set at Lansing High. Of course, it wasn't a school organization. In fact, the principal, Mr. Cranton, wanted to do away with initiation week altogether, because he thought it was undemocratic and disturbed the routine of school work. But there wasn't really anything he could do about it. Sure, the girls had to come to school for five days without any lipstick on and without curling their hair, and of course everybody noticed them, but what could the teachers do?
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Which excerpt from "Initiation” correctly matches with the implied resolution of the story?
One way an author uses direct characterization is by telling the reader about the character through
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