Match each plot element to its description. exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution
the moment when the main character
has a change of heart or figures out
how to overcome the conflict at hand
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the point in a story when the reader
first learns about the characters and setting
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the point in the story when all loose
ends are tied up and the story ends
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the part of a story when the conflict
begins and events follow from that conflict
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the most intense part of a story, where
the main character faces a major crisis
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exposition → the point in a story when the reader  first learns about the characters and setting

rising action → the part of a story when the conflict  begins and events follow from that conflict

climax → the most intense part of a story, where  the main character faces a major crisis

falling action → the moment when the main character  has a change of heart or figures out  how to overcome the conflict at hand

resolution → the point in the story when all loose  ends are tied up and the story ends

Explanation:

In literature, we can define the exposition as the part of the story where the narrator introduces the characters, the setting, and the theme to readers. This where the author sets the stage for the story to happen.

Rising action happens after the exposition, when the environment for conflicts to arise has been established. Rising action consists of a series of events, smaller conflicts, that will eventually lead to a major conflict.

Climax is the major conflict mentioned above, the point where tension is at its highest. This is where readers ask themselves what the main character will do to solve the problem or to deal with the situation.

Falling action takes place after the climax, when the conflict is being solved or has already been solved. Tension decreases, and readers can already see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Finally, resolution is the ending of the story, when the narrator ties all loose ends.

the answer is the second one.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.