The component of the plot structure described in this excerpt is the falling action. This part of the story typically follows the climax and includes events that lead towards the resolution. The discovery of the small oval packet (the cake of soap) hints at a resolution to the conflict or tension that has been built up in the narrative.
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With that reflection Gortsby rose to go; as he did so an exclamation of concern escaped him. Lying on the ground by the side of the bench was a small oval packet, wrapped and sealed with the solicitude of a chemist’s counter. It could be nothing else but a cake of soap, and it had evidently fallen out of the youth’s overcoat pocket when he flung himself down on the seat.
Which component of the plot structure of this story is described in this excerpt?
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the climax
the climax
the rising action
the rising action
the falling action
the falling action
the resoluti
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