The Wild Duck’s Nest by Michael McLaverty
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Exposition
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introduces the reader to the setting and characters
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In the early part of "The Wild Duck's Nest" we are introduced to a valley and to Colm. This illustrates what element of the plot structure?
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exposition
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Inciting moment
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the point at which the conflict is introduced into a story or novel; this sets the rest of the plot in motion
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Tone
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attitude of a work toward its subject
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What is the author's tone toward nature and Colm?
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Sympathetic
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Languidly
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slowly, lazily
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Sedge
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grass-like plants
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Hummock
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a low mound or ridge
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Interminably
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unendingly
