The government’s failing to keep it’s pledges will
mean disaster.
(a) the government’s failing to keep it’s pledges
(b) the governments failing to keep it’s pledges
(c) the government’s failing to keep its pledges
(d) the government failing to keep it’s pledges
(e) the governments failing to keep their pledges

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.