"Eat some more, son," she said. When they were finished eating she got up and said, "Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else’s—because shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet. I got to get my rest now. But I wish you would behave yourself, son, from here on in."

Question

She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. "Goodnight!" Behave yourself, boy!" she said, looking out into the street.

The boy wanted to say something else other than "Thank you, ma’am" to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn’t do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door. He barely managed to say "Thank you" before she shut the door. And he never saw her again.

–“Thank you, Ma’am,” Langston Hughes

Which two elements of the plot are shown in this passage from the story?

exposition and resolution
rising action and climax
falling action and resolution
exposition and climax

Answer 1

The two elements of the plot shown in this passage are falling action and resolution.

In this passage, the interaction between the boy and Mrs. Jones represents the falling action as it follows the main conflict of the story, where the boy attempted to steal from her. The concluding advice and the gift of money reflect a resolution to the story's conflict, highlighting the themes of kindness and redemption.