Read the
passage from 'The Quinceanera.'
Which phrase from the passage most helps to create
So there I was at the jewelry counter in Ferguson's
the mood?
department store, surrounded by stroller-driving moms
and crying babies. I had to hurry. Maritza's party
was
O The phrase "stroller-driving moms and crying babies"
tonight and, more importantly, I was meeting my friends
helps create the irritated mood.
at the movies at 1:00. It would be the only part of the day
The phrase "Maritza's party was tonight" helps create
would actually get to enjoy, and I was really looking
the anticipatory mood.
forward to it.
The phrase "I was meeting my friends at the movies"
helps create the playful mood.
The phrase "was really looking forward to it" helps
create the excited mood.