Identify plot elements in the passage by completing the
sentence.
Mama's instructions to Wiley are part of the
which builds up tension and leads
to the story's
"You just do what I say. You say, 'Hello, Hairy Man," his
mama said, "And he says, "Hello, Wiley.' And you say,
"Hairy Man, I heard you the best conjure doctor around
here.' And he say, 'I reckon lam.' And you say, 'Bet you
can't turn yourself into a giraffe.' You keep tellin him he
can't. Wiley," his mama told him, "and then he is sure to
turn himself into a giraffe. Then you say, 'Bet you can't
turn yourself into an alligator.' And he will, too. Then
you say, 'Anybody can turn theyselves into somethin big
as a man. But I bet you can't turn yourself into a possum.
And the Hairy Man will, and you grab him and throw him
in the croaker sack."
--- "Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man,"
Virginia Hamilton