Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker.(But she swallows over getting the ring on her finger, and cannot continue until she finds a woebegone joke.)Which element of drama does the author use in this excerpt?

The excerpt is a stage direction: it describes what a character does rather than giving spoken dialogue. The phrase “swallows over getting the ring on her finger” suggests emotion or difficulty, while “finds a woebegone joke” shows her trying to cope. It does not describe scenery, so the answer is stage directions that reveal emotion.

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