Click on the box to choose the type of paragraph below. Melchizedek and the king of Sodom presented a marked contrast as they both descended into the king's dale in Genesis 14:17-18. Melchizedek was a mature believer; he was a king and a priest. He went down to give Abram communion and to help Abram keep his eyes firmly fixed on the Most High God, the possessor of heaven and earth, the source of his blessings. The king of Sodom, on the other hand, was no longer a king. His kingdom had been taken from him by force. As a man, he was clever and evil. He went down to ambush Abram, to rob him of the joy of God's grace and deliverance, to tempt him with the loot he had brought back. He ordered Abram to give him the people, for whom Abram could have demanded a ransom. He offered to let Abram keep the plunder. which would have made Abram the richest man in the world. His aim was to get Abram's eyes off the source and onto the possessions. method of exposition:

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire.then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by.the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed.the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot.the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.