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Part 1: The Climax of the Story
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Describe the climax of your novel or short story in a three-to five-sentence paragraph.
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Provide two examples of dialogue from characters in the story that support the climax you identified.
Provide two examples of text evidence (other than dialogue) to support the climax you identified.
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In a paragraph of six to eight sentences, explain how the dialogue and text evidence support the climax you
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Part 2: Falling Action
In a paragraph of three to five sentences, explain at least two falling action events from your novel or short story
and how they relate to the climax.

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house