Use the following sequence of events from a story to answer the question.

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 D to the beginning.
Move D to the beginning.

Move A to the end.
Move A to the end.

Move B to the beginning.
Move B to the beginning.

Move C to the end.

Answer 1

To make the plot linear, we need to rearrange the events so that they follow a logical chronological order.

The original order is: 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.

In the original sequence, D occurs while Marla is having breakfast (which is before A), but it disrupts the flow of the story since Marla is still looking for her shoes after breakfast. To create a linear plot, we can move D to the beginning.

Thus, the correct response is:

Move D to the beginning.