Question

the question has two parts. read the passage. then answer part a. the entire class in the chemistry lab was stunned into silence, surveying the aftermath of the experiment gone awry. bright pink foam coated every surface and every person. spongy pink globules oozed down the front of our lab coats and safety goggles, as my classmates and i stared, unmoving at the state of each other. when the eruption had burst from the bubbling pots, several students had backed into the science panoramas on some of the lab tables which had caused a rainbow cardboard avalanche, and rows of foam core poster boards toppled like dominoes. and in the middle of all this devastation, our chemistry teacher, mr. brenek, stood motionless like a statue, his face frozen in an expression of shock. no one uttered a word, and then... suddenly, as if on cue, a giant puffy, pink cloud of foam about the size of a banana cream pie, which until now had clung tenaciously to the ceiling, suddenly released itself and landed with a \plop!\ right on top of his head. the room exploded into laughter! which structure does the author use in the passage? 1. the author starts in the middle of an exciting event. 2. the author begins with a flashback to an earlier incident. 3. the author establishes a parallel plot for two different characters.

Explanation:

The passage starts with an exciting event (foam - related chaos in a chemistry lab), so the author begins with an exciting event. There are no hints of flashback or parallel plot.

Answer:

1. The author starts in the middle of an exciting event.