Which sentence in this story from aesop’s fables portrays the start of the rising action? a slave named androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. as he was wandering about there, he came upon a lion lying down, moaning and groaning. at first he turned to flee, but finding that the lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. as he came near, the lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it and was causing all the pain. he pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the lion, who was soon able to rise and lick the hand of androcles like a dog. then the lion took androcles to his cave, and every day used to bring him meat from which to live. but shortly afterwards, both androcles and the lion were captured, and the slave was sentenced to be thrown to the lion, after the latter had been kept without food for several days. the emperor and all his court came to see the spectacle, and androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. soon the lion was let loose from his den and rushed bounding and roaring toward his victim. but as soon as he came near to androcles he recognized his friend, fawned upon him, and licked his hands like a friendly dog. the emperor, surprised at this, summoned androcles to him, who told him the whole story. whereupon the slave was pardoned and freed, and the lion let loose to his native forest. gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

"The Emperor and all his Court came to see the spectacle, and Androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. Soon the lion was let loose from his den and rushed bounding and roaring toward his victim. "

Explanation:

The rising action is an element of a plot that introduces a situation that will lead to the climax of the story. Generally, rising action develops from a suspenseful situation that makes the reader apprehensive.

The upward action in this excerpt happens as Androcles is thrown into the arena and a hungry lion rushes toward him. The reader is apprehensive at this point, because the plot shows a tense situation where the reader does not know what will happen. The moment the lion rushes toward Androcles is the part of the plot that introduces the climax of the story, which is the moment when the Lion recognizes that Androcles is the friend who helped him when he was injured.

The Emperor and all his Court came to see the spectacle, and Androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. Soon the lion was let loose from his den and rushed bounding and roaring toward his victim. But as soon as he came near to Androcles he recognized his friend, fawned upon him, and licked his hands like a friendly dog.

Explanation:

what makes a hero is someone who tries and acres and then to save people and it’s not their jobs to save them just a normal person that has no experts of saving people would jump in to action without it twice about doing it. me that’s the defection of a hero!