English

Celeste Higgins

1 January, 01:38

Identify plot elements in the passage by completing the

sentence.

Mama's instructions to Wiley are part of the

which builds up tension and leads

to the story's

"You just do what I say. You say, 'Hello, Hairy Man," his

mama said, "And he says, "Hello, Wiley.' And you say,

"Hairy Man, I heard you the best conjure doctor around

here.' And he say, 'I reckon lam.' And you say, 'Bet you

can't turn yourself into a giraffe.' You keep tellin him he

can't. Wiley," his mama told him, "and then he is sure to

turn himself into a giraffe. Then you say, 'Bet you can't

turn yourself into an alligator.' And he will, too. Then

you say, 'Anybody can turn theyselves into somethin big

as a man. But I bet you can't turn yourself into a possum.

And the Hairy Man will, and you grab him and throw him

in the croaker sack."

-- - "Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man,"

Virginia Hamilton