The Sentimentality Of William Tavener Essay

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In the passage, “The Sentimentality of William Tavener” there is a tremendous impact on the order the passage is developed. The passage has a plot. The passage has a exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. When a passage or story is developed, the writer has to make sure the plot is structured correctly. The passage or story has to be in the correct order. When a story is wrote in order the story will flow smoothly. A story also has to have the right details and examples to make sense. The passage “The Sentimentality of William Tavener” has an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. First, the exposition is the beginning of the story. At this point the characters are recognized. It also shows the setting of the story. In Willa Cather’s passage it doesn’t have an exacts time or place the story is taking place. Additionally, the reader can tell the time the passage was taking place by the tone of the characters. For example, Willa uses the sentence “I don’t see how you can expect ‘em to be steady and hard workin’, unless you encourage ‘em a little.” By using that previous sentence the reader can assume the setting is in the country. Willa also explains in the sentence “...an our …show more content…
Rising action is were the reader learns more about the characters by the action and thoughts.The rising action connects to the climax. One examples of the examples of the rising action is when williams wife exclaimed “Nobody was ever hurt by goin’ to a circus. Why, law me!” When Hester exclaims that sentence she is giving her personal thoughts. This helps the reader learn more about the characters. Then, the climax comes after the rising action. The climax is the turning point of a story. The climax of the passage by Willa uses the sentence “...I was there, too.’’ This proves that Hester found out that William was at the circus too. Hester felt surprised and excited about finding

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