The development of plot in a story that precedes and leads up to the climax ( SS 557, SG 165).
that point in the plot when conflict and our emotional involvement intensifies
The events in a story that move the plot forward. Rising action involves conflicts and complications, and builds toward the climax of the story. See Conflict, Climax, Exposition, Falling action
refers to a series of events in a story that move the action forward and build toward the climax; usually occurs after the conflict and exposition have been established.
The plot developments, including complication and conflict, that lead to a plot's climax.
Those events in a play that lead to a turning point in the action.
Notion of dramatic rhythm in which events in a story build upon one another with increasing momentum.
the second of the five parts of plot structure, in which events complicate the situation that existed at the beginning of a work, intensifying the conflict or introducing new conflict.
events which build upon one another with increasing momentum.
The middle part of a plot consisting of complications and discoveries that create conflict.
In the plot analysis of a typical play, book or film, rising action refers to the dynamic period after the exposition, when conflict has been introduced. Generally the protagonists will face more and more conflicts, until a climax is reached and the conflict is resolved.