English

Mira Levy

18 April, 12:20

And that was last Thursday. Tonight is Tuesday. Tonight is Tuesday and my homework's done and I darned some stockings that didn't really need it, and I worked a crossword puzzle and I listened to the radio and now I'm just sitting. I'm sitting because I can't think of anything else to do. I can't think of anything, anything but snowflakes and ice skates and yellow moons and Thursday night. The telephone is sitting on the corner table with its old black face turned to the wall.

From "Sixteen," by Maureen Daly

Which section of the plot is best represented by the passage above?

falling action

introduction

climax

rising action