Question

read the passage
a community park
it was friday, and as she walked home from school, samara thought about what she would do that weekend. everyone would be at the fundraiser for new sports equipment at the high school on saturday. as she was trying to remember if any good movies were coming out this weekend, she noticed a group of kids playing tag. samara thought they looked comical running around in circles on a small plot of land between two houses. “well, they certainly seem happy,” thought samara as the light turned and she crossed the street.
on the opposite side of cherry street, samara
the series of events that builds interest or suspense in a story is called its rising action. which detail is part of the rising action of this story?
mr. peters is sitting on a bench on cherry street reading the newspaper.
samara spends weeks working on a presentation for the town zoning board.
a fundraiser for new sports equipment is held at the high school.
the zoning board decides that the land can be used as a park

Explanation:

The rising - action in a story builds suspense and leads to the climax. In this story, Samara's efforts to plan and execute the creation of a community park, such as thinking about the land and the fund - raiser, contribute to the rising action. The other details are just parts of the story's setting or events that don't directly build the suspense as strongly.

Answer:

Samara spends weeks working on a presentation for the town zoning board.