Which part of this passage demonstrates how the setting affects the plot in a story? On the Road to Nowhere; The road was long and straight. They could look ahead at least a mile and hadn’t seen a car in at least an hour. Abandoned, broken-down barns leaned from the patches of overgrown wheatgrass bordering the highway. Suddenly, the car made a jarring noise. Smoke clouded the windshield. Jaime got out of the car to take a look. Alice whipped out her phone but sighed when she couldn’t get a signal. No reception meant no one knew they were stranded on that stretch of highway, an hour or so from nightfall.

"No reception meant no one knew they were stranded on that stretch of highway, an hour or so from nightfall. "

Explanation:

Because of this part of the setting (rural area with no reception so they can't call for help), they are stuck on the highway which is a important part of the plot.

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.