Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. CHARLIE That don't seem likely. Sky's just as blue as anything. Not a cloud. No lightning. No thunder. No nothing. How could it be a storm? Which element of drama is highlighted in this piece of dialogue?

The setting.

Explanation:

The setting of any story or text is the geographical location or any indication of time or place that can tell the readers about where the scene is taking place. It also provides the detail about what the scene looks like.

In the given excerpt from "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" by Rod Sterling, Charlie's dialogue provides the setting of the particular scene. His description of the blue sky, with "[no] cloud. No lightning. No thunder. No nothing" gives us an image of how the sky would look like in that scene.

Thus, the correct answer is the setting.

(e) a major consequence of the election was that several southern states

the answer is d the rejection of the olive branch petition.

explanation:

the olive branch petition was an attempt to state the rights of the colonists while keeping their loyalty to the british crown. hope this !

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