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rising action
noun as in turning point
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- axis
- change
- climacteric
- contingency
- crisis
- critical mass
- critical moment
- critical period
- crossing
- crossroads
- crucial moment
- crucial occurrence
- crucial period
- crunch
- cusp
- decisive moment
- defining moment
- development
- emergency
- exigency
- high noon
- hinge
- kairotic moment
- moment of truth
- nexus
- pass
- peak
- peripeteia
- pinch
- pivot
- pivotal moment
- point of no return
- race against time
- shift
- strait
- transition
- turn of the tide
- when push comes to shove
- zero hour
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Yet there was the evidence: complex, developed characters; rising action; conflict and climax; heroes and villains.
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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rising action, such as: climax, critical point, crux, culmination, juncture, and twist.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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