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B. The conflict has been resolved and order restored — at the expense of the Pequod, its crew, and its captain.
In literature, the falling action comes after the climax, when the main conflict has been reached and finds a resolution. In "Moby D*ck," by Herman Melville, the falling action occurs after Captain Ahab and his crew are killed by the whale.
Millions of people in America buy fireworks and wait until night to light up the sky with colors.
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A simile is saying something is like something else. A metaphor is often poetically saying something is something else.
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