Which sentence is an example of rising action from The Story of My Life? A. I lay in my crib at the close of the eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for a new day to come. B. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten - a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. C. I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor. D. The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent (the doll) and Laura Bridgman had dressed it.

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Isla Nixon

23 September, 06:43

Which sentence is an example of rising action from The Story of My Life? A. I lay in my crib at the close of the eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for a new day to come. B. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten - a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. C. I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor. D. The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent (the doll) and Laura Bridgman had dressed it.

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Ayana Yu · Answer 1

C. I became impatient at her repeated attempts and, seizing the new doll, I dashed it upon the floor.

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Rising action is a term used to explain a series of connective events in a play or film. It serves to create a sense of thrill and expectation in a ploy or narrative; curiousity, suspense and tension. In dramatic work such as a play or film, a rising action encompasses all background strories, characters' mistakes and decisions which together culminates and leads to the climax. This is best seen in option C, it is a scene that captivates the one watching for he/she would desire to know what happened afterward