MISS PETAL. Here’s the audience’s response to the commercial. [reading from her notepad] Seventy percent loved the new mascot. Fifteen percent thought he was just OK. Nine percent thought he was disgusting. Six percent couldn’t stop screaming. And … oh yeah, Mr. Monster got two movie offers.

[Noises offstage: a loud crash, then the cat howls. MS. ROSARIO smiles and sinks into her chair.]

MS. ROSARIO. [softly] A star is born.

Ms. Rosario and Miss Petal sitting at Ms. Rosario's desk
Key Vocabulary

  • audience n., a group of people who watch or listen to something

  • response n., what people think or say about something

In Other Words

  • Seventy percent 70 people out of 100

  • got two movie offers was asked to be in two movies

  • sinks slides down

Before You Move On

  • 1. Conflict Why does Dr. Frankenstein argue with Ms. Rosario and Ygor?

  • 2. Confirm Prediction Was your prediction correct? What happened that you did not expect?