Since the conflict of the novel has already been established, what part of the plot is going on now? In the outsiders

Falling Action

Explanation:

After the conflict is being mentioned, it was the part for Falling Action, falling action is after the climax, where the conflict is being mentioned.

the rhetorical devices that he used in "common sense" are syntax for his sentence structure and pathos for his emotion against the british unfairly treating the "americans" and logos of what documents that what happened to the pilgrims when they had the mayflower compact and how that the british were wanting to have one religion but the compact said for any religion to be accepted.