Question

select the correct text in the passage. which text refers to an incident that occurred at a time before the setting of this story? kinsley shared at her reflection, noting the nose upturned too much, lips too thin, and wondered just how much hair one needed to cover these ears. clearly, much more than she had. kinsley reasoned as she glided the comb through her brown tresses. how could her fraternal twin sister be jealous of this mess? kinsley sighed too loudly, and her bangs blew out of place and the tip of her ear emerged from her hair. maybe she should start wearing a hat. taking her phone, she turned her head and raised her chin, and snapped a selfie. only seven selfies later, she took one that she deemed \postable\ and uploaded it to her social media page. she was getting better at this; the last one took no less than thirteen tries to get all her disagreeable parts to appear inconspicuous enough to satisfy her discriminating eye. those ears were not going to humiliate her, and she was certainly not going to give megan pendergrass an opportunity to mortify her again. mery! banged on the door, and before kinsley could grant her permission or bar her from entering, she was breaking in and flopping onto her bed.

Explanation:

The question is about identifying text that refers to a past incident. We analyze each part:

• The first highlighted text ("Kinsley reasoned as she glided the comb through her brown tresses") is about her current hair - fixing action.
• The second highlighted text ("Taking her phone, she turned her head and raised her chin, and snapped a selfie... the last one took no less than thirteen tries to get all her disagreeable parts to appear inconspicuous enough to satisfy her discriminating eye") is about her current selfie - taking.
• The third part about Meryl banging on the door is a new action, not a past incident reference. Wait, maybe I misread. Wait, the question is which text refers to an incident before the story's setting. Wait, maybe the text "Meryl banged on the door... she was breaking in and flopping onto her bed" - no, that's current? Wait, no, maybe the selfie - taking part? Wait, no, the key is to find a text that refers to a time before the story's current setting. Wait, maybe the text "Kinsley reasoned as she glided the comb... Maybe she should start wearing a hat" - no. Wait, the correct text should be the one that refers to a past event. Wait, the text "Taking her phone, she turned her head... the last one took no less than thirteen tries to get all her disagreeable parts to appear inconspicuous enough to satisfy her discriminating eye" - this is about a past selfie - taking attempt (the last one took thirteen tries), so this text refers to an incident before the current selfie - taking (when she takes the "postable" one). So the correct text is the one with the selfie - taking details (the second highlighted part? Wait, the user's image has highlighted texts. Wait, the first highlighted is "Kinsley reasoned as she glided the comb through her brown tresses", the second is "Taking her phone... thirteen tries to get all her disagreeable parts...", and the third is "Meryl banged on the door...". So the text that refers to a past incident is the one about the previous selfie attempts (the second highlighted text), as it talks about the last selfie (before the current one she takes and uploads) which took thirteen tries.

Answer:

The text: "Taking her phone, she turned her head and raised her chin, and snapped a selfie. Only seven selfies later, she took one that she deemed 'postable' and uploaded it to her social media page. She was getting better at this; the last one took no less than thirteen tries to get all her disagreeable parts to appear inconspicuous enough to satisfy her discriminating eye."