How do you change this passage into a rambling sentence? '' i thought drive-in movies were a thing of the past, but we found one near our summer cottage, so naturally we asked dad to take us, and he did, but none of us remembers what movie was playing, because first monica made friends with the girls in the next car, and then skip and i explored the grounds, especially between the car and the refreshment stand where we also made some new friends, and dad spent his time cleaning out the trunk of the car, and we all accomplished a lot that night.'' you have ten minutes..go!

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house