The stage direction showing Rebecca kneeling at Mama’s feet and pleading with her to come with her to hear Truth speak represents the rising action of the play. In a narrative structure, rising action builds tension and develops the conflict, which in this case involves Rebecca's desire to engage in the fight for suffrage and her struggle to gain her mother's support.
Sojourner Truth
by Joanna Evans
The fight for suffrage drives a wedge between a spirited young woman and her mother. . . .
Characters
NARRATOR
REBECCA, 17 years old
MAMA, her mother
BEFORE RISE: NARRATOR enters, addresses audience.
NARRATOR: Did you know that women in the United States weren’t allowed to vote until 1920? That’s when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, extending voting rights to all women. If you do your math, you’ll find that women couldn’t vote for nearly 150 years after our nation was created out of the Revolutionary War. . .talk about injustice!
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Question
Use the passage and instruction paragraph to answer the question.
Refer to the stage direction that shows Rebecca kneeling at Mama’s feet. Rebecca pleads with her mother to come with her to hear Truth speak.
What structural part of the play does this stage direction and dialogue represent?
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Responses
falling action
falling action
rising action
rising action
exposition
exposition
climax
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