Question

Excerpt from

A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet in his ways, and his habits were regular. It was rare for him to be up after ten at night, and he had invariably breakfasted and gone out before I rose in the morning. Sometimes he spent his day at the chemical laboratory, sometimes in the dissecting-rooms, and occasionally in long walks, which appeared to take him into the lowest portions of the City. Nothing could exceed his energy when the working fit was upon him; but now and again a reaction would seize him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting-room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.

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Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

Read the excerpt from A Study in Scarlet.

This portion of the story is most likely the (resolution, falling action, exposition, rising action)
of the plot.

Answer 1

Exposition.

Step-by-step explanation:

The exposition of a literary text is the inclusion of any background information, be it about the setting, the character(s), prior plot events, or any historical context that connects the story. In literature, the exposition appears as a form of 'pre-set' for the story or events that are to come along.

In the given excerpt from Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet", Watson narrated how Holmes lead his regular life daily. These details constitute the exposition of the story, providing details of the story.

Thus, the correct answer is exposition.