1. the portion of a story in which the characters are introduced and the setting is described is
called the (1 point) climax. exposition. rising action. falling action. 2. imagine you are going to add the following events to a plot diagram for the watsons go to
birmingham—1963. which event would be included as part of the rising action? (1 point)
kenny shares his gloves with rufus. byron uses chemicals to straighten his hair. kenny reads a langston hughes poem in front of miss henry's class.
the watsons sit in their living room trying to stay warm.
3. choose the meaning that best matches the word in italics.
before the debate began, the speaker’s heart fluttered with nervous anticipation, and he
breathed deeply to steady his nerves. (1 point) flapped quickly beat rapidly waved steadily moved nervously my answers 1.) b 2.) b 3.) d