The component of the plot structure described in the excerpt is the falling action. The situation is resolving as Gortsby discovers the packet, which provides critical information related to the story's conflict.
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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 falling action
the falling action
the climax
the climax
the rising action
the rising action
the resolution
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