The provided passage reflects the falling action and resolution of the story, as it shows the antagonist's retreat and the confirmation of the protagonist's safety, leading to the closure of the story's conflict.
The passage provided from the story shows the elements of falling action and resolution. After the climax of a story, the falling action includes events that lead towards the end of the story, often resolving conflicts and tying up loose ends. In the passage, we see the Hairy Man, who can be presumed to be the antagonist, venting his anger and frustration before leaving for good.
This signals a winding down of the story's central conflict. The resolution comes with the reassuring exchange between Wiley and his mother, confirming the Hairy Man's departure and that he won't be a threat anymore, thus ensuring the safety of the characters and concluding the story's main narrative arc.
Question:
Which two elements of the plot are shown in this passage from the story?
Oexposition and resolution
O rising action and climax
O falling action and resolution
O exposition and climax
Passage: He hollered, "There's nothin here but a sucklin pig!" "Well," said the mama, "I never said what kind of baby I was givin up. And that little pig did belong to me before I gave it over to you, Mister Hairy Man." "Shoot!" hollered the Hairy Man. He raged and he yelled. He stomped and yammered and bared his drippin teeth. Finally, he took the pig and tore out to the swamp. He knocked down trees and let loose rocks and boulders all the way. In the mornin, say there was a big, wide path right through the swamp just like a cyclone cut along through it. Trees torn clear up, roots and all, and lyin there on the ground. After all that, when it was most safe, Wiley came down from the loft. "Is that man gone, Mama?" he asked his good mama. "Oh, yes, child," said his mama. "Old Hairy Man won't | hurt you ever again.