The exposition of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving , introduces a man named Rip Van Winkle and the area around the Catskill mountains before the the Revolutionary War. The rising action begins when Rip goes to the forest, with his dog, to get away from his nagging wife. When he returns to the village, he hears someone calling his name. Rip sees an odd-looking man and follows him to an amphitheater where there are many more strange men drinking and playing ninepins. He joins in the party and is offered some liquor and soon falls into a deep sleep. The climax occurs when Rip Van Winkle wakes up and discovers that his dog is gone and his gun has been “replaced” with a rusty old gun. He believes the strange men have tricked him, but when he goes back to his village, he finds that everything has changed. The falling action commences when he tells his story to a group of people and learns that he has been gone for 20 years, his wife has died, and his old friends have left as well. The resolution begins when he finds his daughter, who is grown up and has her own child. Rip ends up living with his daughter and spends the rest of his time sitting at an inn door telling his story to strangers.…