A second pistol-shot flew wide. A third grazed the dogs hip. From all directions people were running towards the station. A man
darted into a house next door, and emerged carrying a shotgun. This he steadied on the veranda-rail not forty feet away from the leaping dog,and made raedy to fire.Which plot element is represented by the passage? A. Conflict B. Rising action
C. Climax
D. Falling action
I believe the answer you are looking for is: chicanery. Definition of: <span>the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose.</span>
