This would be <u>A; rising action</u>. It is leading up to the point of conflict.
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C. It makes the skull sound like a toy ball, adding to the grandfathers casual view of the deaths caused by the battle.
A is not correct because if it was unavoidable, he would have said something different to describe the forgotten skull.
B. Is not correct because if it brought sad memories, he would not have brought it up, sad memories hurt.
D is not correct because he would have described much worse if he wanted to frighten the children
Love the entire thing! Great structure, just fix the grammar in the part that says “even though all that makeup....”. Instead say something like “despite all the makeup they wear”. Hope this helps :D
Where is the bulleted list in the exerpt