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rising action

n.
The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax.
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In narrative, including all stories whether in prose or verse and also the drama, there should be traceable a Line of Action, comprising generally: (1) an Introduction, stating the necessary preliminaries; (2) the Initial Impulse, the event which really sets in motion this particular story; (3) a Rising Action; (4) a Main Climax.
When students code their own games, they work through a five-stage story structure that includes scene-setting, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
The second act, or rising action, is building your story to the greatest point of interest.
The Life on Earth trilogy thus far has been a model of slowly rising action, centered on a group of teens consumed by relationship problems, unintended pregnancy, failing parental health, and general adolescent angst.
The rising action will cause abdominal bloating and discomfort, and the fermentation will produce ethanol alcohol, resulting in a drunk, uncomfortable dog.
As a climax to the rising action in the Subcontinent, India messaged Pakistan to work on togetherness only after nearly going to war.
Writers often use exposition (introduction), rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement (resolution) to structure and develop their plot.
What makes it excellent is that the whole time you are riding John Grisham's rising action or falling for John Green's characters, you are also acquiring a wider vocabulary, developing a keener sense for literature, and discovering your own preferences.
Radiokvm accompanied the film's rising action with an elaborate but understated score, wedding composition with improv.
M's existence expanded without interruption, was not divided into segments, was not shaped by a narrative arc or rising action or dramatic tension.
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