Read the excerpt from Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier by Frances Fuller Victor below and think abou
t what part of it Victor may have embellished to make her story flow. Sublette had his little force line up for battle. On came the savages, whooping and swinging their weapons above their heads. Sublette turned to his men. "When you hear my shot, then fire." Still they came on, until within about fifty paces of the line of waiting men. Sublette turned his head and saw his command with their guns all up to their faces ready to fire, then raised his own gun.
What part of this scene did Victor most likely imagine?
A. how Sublette looked at his men right before raising his gun
B. how the Native Americans behaved as they raced towards the men
C. how Sublette had his men arranged in a line
D. what Sublette said to his men about firing
Since the 'inciting incident' is the one which starts all the problems in a literary work, the answer is B, 'establishment of the central conflict followed by the conflict increasing and a climax'.
