falling action
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It starts from a place of safety, but then comes the rising action, the climax, the falling action — all of that,” says Wester.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
In short, there is no rising action, no climax, no falling action . . . which is no way to tell a story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Although personal narratives usually follow the traditional narrative arc of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, personal writing has several unique features.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
But at the last second, he did a fake-out, letting the Stevie Wonder song play out — a falling action into an ending.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
The orations of Antony, in vivid contrast to the conciliatory but unimpassioned speeches of Brutus, fire the people and liberate fresh forces in the falling action.
From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Ebenezer Charlton Black
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