Match each plot element to its description. exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution
the moment when the main character
has a change of heart or figures out
how to overcome the conflict at hand
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the point in a story when the reader
first learns about the characters and setting
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the point in the story when all loose
ends are tied up and the story ends
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the part of a story when the conflict
begins and events follow from that conflict
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the most intense part of a story, where
the main character faces a major crisis

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.