I need to know the rising, falling action, climax, resolution, and the exposition? what are they in terms of..

Question

a book because I need to know what they are in Charlie Bone and the Invisble Boy?

Answer 1

These are terms that English teachers use to make the reading of good books tedious.

So forget about them: read your book and enjoy it.

Then, if you have to use these terms in a book report to show that you read and understood the book, use the following 6-part summary of the main events in the book.

First, decide what the main conflict in the book is. There may be several, esp. if there are subplots, but all you have to do is decide on the main one--in your opinion. Then, it helps if you think of three main events as the conflict develops.

(1) the defining event: the first thing that happens to let you know what the main conflict is going to be, usually around the 2nd or 3rd chapter, but not necessarily.
(2) the crisis (or climax): a point at which the main character makes a decision from which there is no turning back, or an event that inevitably leads to the end of the conflict; usually just past the middle of the book.
(3) the denouement (which your teacher is calling resolution): the "unwinding" or "untying the knot"; that is, the thing that happens to close down the conflict (the main character wins or loses or learns something, what most of us would usually call a climactic event), usually in one of the last chapters.

Now that you've got these three main events decided in your mind, you are ready for the rest of the report. It's routine. And, by the way, don't worry so much about being right in deciding on the defining event and crisis; people usually disagree about these. Just have good reasons for your choice.

Now, rising action consists of all the events that take place between your defining event and the crisis, and falling action, all the events that take place between your crisis and the denouement. (I know; those terms don't always make sense, they may even seem backwards, it's just English teacher talk.)

Exposition is all the background information you have before the defining event (characters, setting, what's happened in the past, and the like). By the way, resolution is often a term used for the winding down; that is, events that take place AFTER the denouement. But your teacher seems to be collapsing the denouement and resolution, so go with the flow.

BUT the main thing is to READ THE BOOK and ENJOY it. How does it make you feel? Do you identify with any of the characters? Has anything like this happened to you or someone yiou know? Does it remind you of anything you've read in the news? Why do you think the author wrote it? Why do you think he/she gave it the title? If you were making a movie of he book, who would you cast in the main roles? How would you film the opening scene, say, before the credits? How would you describe the book to your reader friends? (Hint: instead of saying this was a good book, or a bad book or a so-so book, start by saying, "If you like reading books that . . . , you might like this book.") Were there parts of the book that stood out for you? If you were to read just one or two quotations from the book, what would they be?

OR none of the above. Make up your own mind how you're gonna think about the book. I've read hundreds of books, and I NEVER stop to talk about "rising" action and "falling" action. There are so many other things I'm so much more interested in. For me, it's usually the characters. I get interested in a book because I get interested in is people, what they think, how they act, what happens to them, what they learn, how they change, how I feel about them. But all readers respond in their own way. If they don't find satisfaction in responding, then they won't read. It's as simple as that.

Same way with movies and television series, even sports stories and Batman comics and Doonesbury.

In other words, RESPOND to the book in your own terms. Maybe TALK to someone about it, your family or friends. THEN write your book report using those English-teacher terms.

The IMPORTANT thing is to develop the habit of finding and reading books that you will enjoy; then, and only then, to talk about them in a sensible, interesting way.

Answer 2

Exposition: Introduction to the characters, setting, and basic plot. Rising Action: Any events that occur leading up to the climax. Climax: The highest point of tension in a story. "The moment before the branch snaps" sort of deal. Falling Action: Events after the climax, beginning to close the story, and leading to the resolution. Resolution: Resolving of the immediate conflict in the story. They do NOT always resolve the MAIN conflict. EX: Harry Potter. It should tie up any loose ends in the story, unless they are tied up in a later book. I just read the person below me. The denoument (sp) is another word for the resolution, not the climax.

Answer 3

Kid, do your own homework. I've actually red this book, great novel by the way, and it's a great read. If you read it you'd actually know that. Stop being lazy and procrastinating and do your own homework.