The excerpt describes the falling action. This part of the plot structure occurs after the climax and before the resolution, where the consequences of the climax start to unfold, and in this case, it shows Gortsby discovering the soap packet, which leads to a realization about the youth's story.
Use the passage to answer the question.
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 resolution
the resolution
the falling action
the falling action
the rising action
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