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The Rising action, in the narrative
Narratology

Narratology is the theory and study of narrative and narrative structure and the ways they affect our perception. In principle, the word can refer to any systematic study of narrative, though in practice the use of the term is rather more restricted ....
 of a work of fiction, follows the exposition
Exposition

Exposition may refer to*Exposition , a different type of Dramatic structure#Exposition in which undepicted plots elements are conveyed in dialogue, description, flashback or narrative...
 and leads up to the climax
Climax (narrative)

The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama in which the solution is given....
. The rising action's purpose is usually to build suspense all the way up the climactic finish. The rising action should not be confused with the middle of the story, but is the action right before the climax. The material beyond the climax is known as the falling action
Falling action

The Falling action is the part of a story, usually found in tragedy and short story, following the Climax and showing the effects of the climax....
.

is Poetics the Greek
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
 philosopher Aristotle
Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, Poetics , theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology....
 put forth the idea that "'???? de est?? t? e??? a???? ?a? ΅es?? ?a? te?e?t??" (1450b27) ("A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end"(1450b27)).






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The Rising action, in the narrative
Narratology

Narratology is the theory and study of narrative and narrative structure and the ways they affect our perception. In principle, the word can refer to any systematic study of narrative, though in practice the use of the term is rather more restricted ....
 of a work of fiction, follows the exposition
Exposition

Exposition may refer to*Exposition , a different type of Dramatic structure#Exposition in which undepicted plots elements are conveyed in dialogue, description, flashback or narrative...
 and leads up to the climax
Climax (narrative)

The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama in which the solution is given....
. The rising action's purpose is usually to build suspense all the way up the climactic finish. The rising action should not be confused with the middle of the story, but is the action right before the climax. The material beyond the climax is known as the falling action
Falling action

The Falling action is the part of a story, usually found in tragedy and short story, following the Climax and showing the effects of the climax....
.

History

In his Poetics the Greek
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
 philosopher Aristotle
Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, Poetics , theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology....
 put forth the idea that "'???? de est?? t? e??? a???? ?a? ΅es?? ?a? te?e?t??" (1450b27) ("A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end"(1450b27)). This three-part view of a plot structure (with a beginning, middle, and end) prevailed until 1863, when the German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 playwright and novelist Gustav Freytag
Gustav Freytag

Gustav Freytag was a Germany dramatist and novelist....
 wrote Die Technik des Dramas. In it, he laid out what has come to be known as Freytag's pyramid
Dramatic structure

Dramatic structure is the plot structure of a dramatic work such as a Play or screenplay. Many scholars have analyzed dramatic structure, beginning with Aristotle in his Poetics ....
. Under Freytag's pyramid, the plot of a story consists of five parts: exposition
Exposition

Exposition may refer to*Exposition , a different type of Dramatic structure#Exposition in which undepicted plots elements are conveyed in dialogue, description, flashback or narrative...
, rising action, climax
Climax (narrative)

The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama in which the solution is given....
, falling action
Falling action

The Falling action is the part of a story, usually found in tragedy and short story, following the Climax and showing the effects of the climax....
, and revelation
Revelation

Revelation is the act of revealing or disclosing, or making something obvious and clearly understood through active or passive communication with the divinity....
/catastrophe
Catastrophe (drama)

In drama, particularly the tragedies of classical antiquity, the catastrophe is the final resolution in a poem or narrative plot, which unravels the intrigue and brings the piece to a close....
.

Examples

  • In Harry Potter and the Sorcerers stone, Harry Potter must go through a set of tasks to reach where the Sorcerer Stone is hidden, where he will have the final battle. These are the actions leading up to the climax where Harry must face the thief who is trying to get the stone.
  • In the novel, I, Robot
    I, Robot

    I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies....
    , Susan Calvin
    Susan Calvin

    Dr. Susan Calvin is a fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Isaac Asimov's Robot Series. She was the chief Robopsychology at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men., the major manufacturer of robots in the 21st century....
     falls in love with a man named Peter Bogert. The rising action in this circumstance is when she asks a mind-reading robot if he is in love with her, and it says "yes".
  • In Romeo and Juliet
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet is a Shakespearean tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "Star-crossed" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families....
    , the rising action are all the events that lead up to the death of Mercutio
    Mercutio

    Mercutio is a character in William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. He is a relative of the Prince Escalus and Count Paris, and is a close friend of Romeo Montague, and Romeo's cousin Benvolio....
    .


See also

  • Dramatic structure
    Dramatic structure

    Dramatic structure is the plot structure of a dramatic work such as a Play or screenplay. Many scholars have analyzed dramatic structure, beginning with Aristotle in his Poetics ....