Mrs. Collins, the principal, was holding an assembly on the school’s policies and procedures. After she discussed the policy of graduation, everyone cheered loudly. Tara looked around and noticed that several of her classmates did not clap. She began to laugh to herself because she felt the clapping was so loud that there may have been “extra” people in the assembly that were clapping. Which terms is being described as not all of the people clapped in the assembly?

What are your choices?

The term being described here is "several of her classmates."