Exhausted and struggling with an overloaded schedule. the mother of three complained that she d surely be late with her assignment. her husband silently read his newspaper, refusing to offer any . which of the following choices is a fragment (an incomplete sentence)? exhausted and struggling with an overloaded schedule. the mother of three complained that she'd surely be late with her assignment. her husband silently read his newspaper, refusing to offer any .

I'd say exhausted and struggling with an overloaded schedule. There is a predicate but no subject. It's not until the next sentence that you know who is exhausted and struggling. The lack of subject would make it a fragment

Setting.

Explanation: the setting of a written work is the place and time where the story or the plot take place. It can include a description of the place or time, or also it can be the description of the general atmosphere of the story. In the given excerpt we can see a clear example of the description of a setting, the speaker describes with details the backyard where he is, using figures of speech to create the image in the reader's mind like: "The leaves danced in the trees, delighted that spring had finally arrived."