Answer all questionDIRECTIONS: The following questions focus on the exposition, the rising action, and the falling action in “Stray.” Answer each question in the space provided.
1. The exposition introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation. Here is one exposition detail:
Exposition detail: Snow has fallen.
What is another exposition detail?
Exposition detail:

2. The events in the rising action come before the climax. There are many events in the rising action of “Stray.”
Here is one event in the rising action:
Rising action event: Doris meets the dog.
On the following lines, write two additional events that happen in the rising action.
Rising action events:
a.
b.
3. In “Stray,” the story winds up quickly after the climax. Here is one event in the falling action:
Falling action event: Mr. Lacey tells Doris he took the dog to the pound.
What is another event that happens in the falling action?
Falling action event:

Yes or no ? a philanthropist is stingy and greedy.

The man took strong sharp sudden bites, just like the dog. the figurative language in this excerpt serves to a. give the convict animalistic qualities. b. provide a relatable example of how the convict ate. c. set a scary mood. d. use alliteration to catch the reader's attention.

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.