The exposition of "The Gift of the Magi" is the narrator introducing the young, struggling couple, and the rising action features Della wishing to buy her husband a nice gift. The climax of the story is Della deciding to sell her hair to buy her husband a watch strap. The falling action and resolution is the exchange of gifts, in which Della realizes her husband sold his watch for her gift.
Answer:
She would explain why she is so concerned about Girl.
Explanation:
The passage would most likely change if Girl's mother was the narrator by explaining her concern for her daughter and why she would want her to be upright and be a good daughter.
From the passage given, it is narrated from the perspective of Girl where she talks about how her mother always tells her not to sing Benna in Sunday School, eat her food in such a way that it won't turn her stomach, walk like a lady and so on. We can infer that Girl is exasperated and tired of her mother's interference in her life and does not really understand her mother as she believes she is trying to control her life.
Narrating the story from her mother's point of view would enable her to explain why she is so concerned about her daughter, not as if she is controlling her.
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<u>The novel’s style:</u>
- The word ‘diction’ has its origin in the Latin word ‘dicere’ i.e. to say so, ‘Diction’ in a novel refers to the selection of words that form the language of a novel.
- ‘Syntax’ refers to the structure of sentences or simply stated, the order or arrangement of words in sentences that form the language used in a novel. A correct syntax leads to greater comprehension as the sentences are grammatically error-free and make sense.
- Style is language as a whole, complete, considering all aspects. It includes diction, syntax, literary devices all working together to bring the novel to life for the reader.
