Match the plot events of Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas with the appropriate plot elements.
exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution

After completing his quest for revenge, Dantès does a good deed for his valued friend Maximilian Morrel. He reunites Morrel with a lost lover. This kind act brings great joy to Morrel.

Dantès feels content after successfully reuniting the two lovers. He sails away to an unknown location, never to be seen again.

In prison, Dantès learns who set him up and caused his downfall. He soon escapes from prison and sets off on a quest for revenge. He vows to spend his fortune rewarding those who have been kind to him and punishing those who have harmed him. Over time, Dantès brings complete devastation upon his enemies, Danglars, Fernand, Caderousse, and Villefort.

Edmond Dantès is a young, handsome, and talented man. After returning home from a long voyage, he's set to become captain of a ship and also marry his beautiful fiancée, Mercédès.

Dantès’s perfect life causes three men, Danglars, Fernand, and Caderousse, to feel extremely jealous. They conspire to get Dantès jailed for a crime he didn't realize he had committed. Their scheme succeeds when Villefort, the assistant crown prosecutor, realizes he can further his career by playing along. Dantès is left to rot in jail.

Falling Action- After completing his quest for revenge, Dantès does a good deed for his valued friend Maximilian Morrel. He reunites Morrel with a lost lover. This kind act brings great joy to Morrel.

Resolution- Dantès feels content after successfully reuniting the two lovers. He sails away to an unknown location, never to be seen again.

Climax- In prison, Dantès learns who set him up and caused his downfall. He soon escapes from prison and sets off on a quest for revenge. He vows to spend his fortune rewarding those who have been kind to him and punishing those who have harmed him. Over time, Dantès brings complete devastation upon his enemies, Danglars, Fernand, Caderousse, and Villefort.

Exposition- Edmond Dantès is a young, handsome, and talented man. After returning home from a long voyage, he's set to become captain of a ship and also marry his beautiful fiancée, Mercédès.

Rising Action- Dantès’s perfect life causes three men, Danglars, Fernand, and Caderousse, to feel extremely jealous. They conspire to get Dantès jailed for a crime he didn't realize he had committed. Their scheme succeeds when Villefort, the assistant crown prosecutor, realizes he can further his career by playing along. Dantès is left to rot in jail.

Explanation:

In a plot structure, the frame of a narrative will have such patterns in that the climax will be at the peak of the mountain. The exposition and rising action will bring about the climax while the falling action and resolution will follow.

In the story The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas, the exposition is when the main character is introduced to us readers. This is followed by the rising action when the author or narrator gave the events that will bring about the wrong accusation of Dantes. The climax occurs when Dantes gets his revenge.

This is then followed by the falling action where he rewards his supporters and then the resolution ends the story, with the main character sailing away to an unknown destination.  

each year on this day, i make it a point to listen to dr. martin luther king jr.’s great “i have a dream” speech. it’s electrifying every single time.

the content of dr. king’s speech, his inspiring presence, and the moment in history all came together to make the iconic “i have a dream” speech the defining moment of the american civil rights movement. but there are several other reasons why this speech, delivered over 50 years ago, remains an example of one of the best speeches in american history.

since part of my job is to people become better presenters, i’ve noticed several techniques that we can all learn from and be inspired by in this magnificent speech.

it’s anchored in a powerful related location

in most cases, you can’t handpick the spot to give a presentation, as mlk did for supreme symbolic effect when he stood on the steps of the lincoln memorial and echoed the opening words of the gettysburg address (“five score years ago . . ). but you absolutely can amplify your message by adapting it to your setting and location.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”