Father, being an engineer, was always systematic. He took out a pocket French dictionary. "They told me that most of the items would be in French, so I came prepared." He even had a pocket flashlight, the size of a marking pen. While Mother held the flashlight over the menu, he looked up the items that were in French. What story element does the author develop in this excerpt?

The answer is B: characterization of Mr Lin

Explanation:

Familiar question here.

The options should be

A. Plot details about the Lins' routines

B. Characterization of Mr Lin

C. Conflict between characters

D. Setting details about the restaurant.

Characterization is a key element of a narrative by which the author develops the characters, their traits in a story which allows the reader understand them.

In the excerpt above, the characterization of Mr. Lin is the story element that was developed by the author.

It involves the details about his character that tells the reader about the character (he is a father and engineer),the behavior (likes to read French as shown by him having a pocket French dictionary).

This character development helps the reader to understand the character and his personality even better.

The answer therefore is B. Characterization of Mr Lin