The excerpt describes the falling action of the plot structure. In this part of the story, the character seems to have a realization or revelation, indicated by his exclamation of concern upon discovering the packet, which leads towards the conclusion of the narrative.
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 rising action
the rising action
the falling action
the falling action
the resolution
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