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Read the excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.

As they suddenly start toward the house. In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. Steve stands in front of them. For a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but Steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop.

STEVE

Wait a minute . . . wait a minute! Let's not be a mob!

The people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.

Which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing?

As they suddenly start toward the house.
In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob.
They begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end.
The people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.

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Hey there!

Your answer is "In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob."

Foreshadowing is a literary element that writers use to give a sign about a future event that may occur. Therefore, this is the correct answer, because it tells about a future event or gives a sign about.

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The sentence from the excerpt that is an example of foreshadowing is:

  • In this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob.

What is foreshadowing?

Foreshadowing is known to be a literary device that writers use to give a hint of what will occur later in the story. It is a hint given in advance to readers. This makes readers to be expectant.

We see that the given sentence show the metamorphosis will change people into a mob.

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