Question
Use the following sequence of events from a story to answer the question.
A. After she finishes breakfast, Marla rummages through her bedroom closet looking for her work shoes.
B. Marla can’t find her work shoes, so she pulls on a pair of slippers.
C. Marla runs to the bus stop in her slippers and gets on the bus to work.
D. While Marla is eating breakfast, her little sister finds Marla’s work shoes in the bedroom closet and walks away in them.
What change would make the plot linear?
(1 point)
Responses
Move B to the beginning.
Move B to the beginning.
Move D to the beginning.
Move D to the beginning.
Move C to the end.
Move C to the end.
Move A to the end.
A. After she finishes breakfast, Marla rummages through her bedroom closet looking for her work shoes.
B. Marla can’t find her work shoes, so she pulls on a pair of slippers.
C. Marla runs to the bus stop in her slippers and gets on the bus to work.
D. While Marla is eating breakfast, her little sister finds Marla’s work shoes in the bedroom closet and walks away in them.
What change would make the plot linear?
(1 point)
Responses
Move B to the beginning.
Move B to the beginning.
Move D to the beginning.
Move D to the beginning.
Move C to the end.
Move C to the end.
Move A to the end.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To make the plot linear, the best change would be:
**Move D to the beginning.**
This adjustment sets up the situation where Marla's work shoes are found and taken by her little sister before Marla even starts searching for them, which creates a clearer sequence of events leading to her wearing slippers and rushing to catch the bus.
**Move D to the beginning.**
This adjustment sets up the situation where Marla's work shoes are found and taken by her little sister before Marla even starts searching for them, which creates a clearer sequence of events leading to her wearing slippers and rushing to catch the bus.