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:
1. dog
2. customers
3. barn
4. baby
5. yesterday
I believe these are the answers. English is one of my best subjects, but I don't really like analyzing sentences all that much, so it's hard for me sometimes :')
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