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 fund-raiser 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 saw Mr.
Peters sitting on a bench. He was reading his
newspaper as the heavy traffic of the town's main
thoroughfare whizzed by him. She wondered how he
could concentrate. Later, as she took the last turn onto
her street Samara saw her neighbor planting her
Which detail is part of the rising action of this story?
A fund-raiser for new sports equipment is held
at the high school.
Samara spends weeks working on a
presentation for the town zoning board.
Mr. Peters is sitting on a bench on Cherry
Street reading the newspaper.
The zoning board decides that the land can
be used as a park.