Which of the following is an important element of a story’s rising action? a. rhetoric b. exposition c. climax d. tension

C. Climax.

Explanation:

A story´s rising action is developed throughout a piece of narrative and, when it reaches its highest point of tension and drama, it is called climax. Climax is a literary element which can be summed up as the time in the story when the beginning of the solution to the plot starts so as to let it be developed until its resolution.

the underline word is basically like a prepositional phrase.

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