Inciting Incident
The thing that starts the conflict.
What is inciting incident.
The time and place, setting, or the "once upon a time."
What is Exposition?
Something that makes the book more exciting.
What is the Rising Action?
The most exciting part of a story.
What is the Climax?
After the climax, the letdown brings the reader down before the plot is resolved.
What is the Falling Action?
"Teresa was a girl he had liked' for a long time.
What is the Inciting Incident?
"On the first day of school, Victor" ..."There were brown people all around Victor."
Victor talked to Teresa, he practiced his scowl, he spoke "fake" French.
What is the Rising Action?
Teresa asked Victor to teach him French.
What is the Climax?
"He was going to like seventh grade."
What is the resolution.
Electricity turns off.
What is the Inciting Incident in "Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
Maple Street in a typical town.
What is the exposition of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
Everyone blames each other for things, staying up, having a ham radio, and their car starting.
What is the rising action in "Monsters on Due on Maple Street.'
One neigbor shoots another
What is the Climax of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
The neighbors are still all riled up.
What is the falling action of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."