The Meet”, by Madelyn Srin, is a story about doing the right thing whether you win or lose. The protagonist is Ariel, and Maria is the antagonist . The rising action happens when Maria is feeling very upset because she has lost her lucky pink swim cap. Ariel finds the cap under the bleachers, this is the climax .
Youthful and chatty are connotative, Jump and Bark are denotative
Are you talking about Marigolds by Eugenia Collier?
