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the falling action of "stray" shows a different side of doris's father. how is he different? why does the author wait for the falling action to show this side of him? explain your answer

mr. and mrs. lacey, doris

what is the setting of the story

a small house, winter . snow has fallen.

what is the basic situation

an abandoned puppy wandered onto their propertym and doris knows that the puppy can't survive alone in the winter cold.

conflict

the story's central problem

what is one conflict of the story

doris wants to keep the dog, but her parents wont let her.

what is another conflict in the story

her dad plans on taking the dog to the pound as soon as the weather clears.

what is the rising action

events that increase the tension

what is one of the rising action in the story.

doris meets the dog. mr. lacey agrees to let the dog sleep in the basement.

what is another event that increase tension in the story or "rising action"

doris tries to talk to her parents about keeping the dog, but they refuse to talk to her about it.

another example of a rising action that increased the tension in the story was

mrs. lacey tells doris to act more grown up and to stop crying about the dog.

climax

the high point of the story

what is the climax of the story

mr. lacey takes the dog to the pound

falling action

events that follow the climax

what were the 2 falling action events that followed the climax

mr. lacey tells doris he took the dog to the pound, and doris cries herself to sleep. then mr. lacey tells doris he brought the dog back.

resolution

the final outcome

what was the resolution of the story

mr. lacey tells doris to feed her dog which shows that she can now keep the dog. doris was happy.

what is a prediction

a logical guess about what will happen next in a story.

what can you use to you make predictions

your prior knowledge

how do you use your prior knowledge to make predictions

relate what you already know to the details in a story

timidly

shyly , in a frightened way

grudgingly

not happily, in a resentful or reluctant way.

ignore

pay no attention to something

explanation:

1.c

2.a

3.d