Question

A Lion asleep in his lair was awakened by a Mouse running over his face. Losing his temper he seized it with his paw and was about to kill it. The Mouse, terrified, piteously entreated him to spare its life. "Please let me go," it cried, "and one day I will repay you for your kindness." The idea of so insignificant a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the Lion so much that he laughed aloud, and good-humouredly let it go. But the Mouse's chance came, after all. One day the Lion got entangled in a net, which had been spread for game by some hunters, and the Mouse heard and recognized his roars of anger and ran to the spot. Without more ado it set to work to gnaw the ropes with its teeth, and succeeded before long in setting the Lion free. "There!" said the Mouse, "you laughed at me when I promised I would repay you: but now you see, even a Mouse can help a Lion."

Bolded: A Lion asleep in his lair was awakened by a Mouse running over his face.

Which element of plot is bolded in the fable above? (5 points)

falling action
resolution
climax
exposition

Answer 1

This part of the story represents the exposition.

Since this is the beginning of the story, we can instantly rule out all three of the other choices and here's why.

1.) Falling action occurs after the Climax (or the peak of the story/ main conflict).

2.) Climax is the highest point of action in a story, meaning that this is towards the middle rather than the first.

3.) Resolution is the ending of a story, or how an agreement or dissagreement was ended.

This leaves us with the exposistion, the beginning details with the least amount of action.

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