Based on these newspaper headlines, who are newspapers trying to connect with? people who are interested in the causes and cures of diseases people who are interested only in diseases that affected people long ago people who focus on epidemics that no longer exist people who are interested only in diseases that affect the world today

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.