Read the passage and match the paragraphs to the
narrative arc elements:
Climax
Falling Action
Rising Action
Complicating
Incident
Resolution
Exposition
Whistling my worries away Paragraphs 29-31
Paragraphs 1-2
Paragraphs 25-28
Paragraphs 3-6
Paragraphs 7-24
Paragraphs 32-36

That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang in me thou sees the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west; which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self that seals up all in rest. in me thou seest the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire, consumed with that which it was nourished by. this thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well, which thou must leave ere long. the first stanza compares the leafless limbs of a tree to a. yellow leaves b. sweet birds c. bare choirs d. summer

How does the author create a surprise ending? cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

Explain how dave’s search for adulthood in ,the man who was almost a man” reflects the africa-american desire to escape the poverty of the south at the time the story was written.