read the paragraph.\nria looked around the table at her friends faces in the light of her birthday candles…

read the paragraph.\nria looked around the table at her friends faces in the light of her birthday candles. her evening was turning out just as she had planned, starting with backyard volleyball and a cookout. a summer storm had sent the group inside, so she and her friends gathered around the kitchen table for cake and ice cream. soon they would watch a new - release movie and her mom had rented for the occasion, and her dad had promised to make stove - top popcorn for intermission. and after the movie, the girls wanted to play video games until bedtime. as she leaned in to blow out her candles, ria saw lightning flash outside, and within seconds, the adjoining rooms went dark.\nhow will the setting most likely affect the plot?\nthe flash of lightning will frighten the group at the table.\nthe darkness will prevent the guests from eating cake and ice cream.\nthe power failure will hinder the movie and video games.\nthe summer storm will flood the backyard volleyball court.

read the paragraph.\nria looked around the table at her friends faces in the light of her birthday candles. her evening was turning out just as she had planned, starting with backyard volleyball and a cookout. a summer storm had sent the group inside, so she and her friends gathered around the kitchen table for cake and ice cream. soon they would watch a new - release movie and her mom had rented for the occasion, and her dad had promised to make stove - top popcorn for intermission. and after the movie, the girls wanted to play video games until bedtime. as she leaned in to blow out her candles, ria saw lightning flash outside, and within seconds, the adjoining rooms went dark.\nhow will the setting most likely affect the plot?\nthe flash of lightning will frighten the group at the table.\nthe darkness will prevent the guests from eating cake and ice cream.\nthe power failure will hinder the movie and video games.\nthe summer storm will flood the backyard volleyball court.

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Brief Explanations:

The text describes Ria's birthday plans, including activities like backyard volleyball, cookout, watching a movie, and playing video games. A summer storm causes the adjoining rooms to go dark. Power failure (which is related to the storm - induced darkness) would hinder the movie (as it needs electricity) and video games (which also rely on power). The other options: Lightning flash (a momentary event, not likely to stop cake - eating as it's a quick visual thing), darkness (the text says they were going to play video games until bedtime, and darkness alone doesn't prevent eating cake as they can still do it by candlelight as Ria was about to blow out candles), summer storm flooding the backyard volleyball court (the text says they were sent inside, so the focus is on indoor activities being affected by power, not the volleyball court being flooded).

Answer:

The power failure will hinder the movie and video games.