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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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Responses

the climax
the climax

the resolution
the resolution

the rising action
the rising action

the falling action
the falling action
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User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
22 days ago

The excerpt describes an important moment that leads to the conclusion of the story, where Gortsby discovers the packet that belongs to the youth. This revelation contributes to the unraveling of the plot and the implications of the preceding events. Therefore, this component of the plot structure is best categorized as:

**the falling action**.