Okay, also this! 200+ word story from this prompt. "The man in the silken coat was holding a scalpel and smiling a horrible, wicked smile"

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

Write a sentence using a gerund phrase with a pronoun subject.