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   The exposition is setting the scene. The writer introduces the characters and setting, providing description and background. The exposition of The Open Boat would be that four men are in a lifeboat after a shipwreck. The inciting incident is something happens to begin the action. The inciting incident in this story is that the captain sees the lighthouse. The rising action is when the story builds and gets more exciting. This occurs when the men try to row the boat to the shore. The climax the moment of greatest tension in a story. In The Open Boat the men jump off the boat into the water as the boat overturns as the climax. The falling action are the events happen as a result of the climax and we know that the story will soon end. Here the men swim to shore. The resolution occurs when the character solves the main problem/conflict or someone solves it for him. The resolution in this story is when the correspondent, cook and captain are rescued, but realize that the oiler has drowned. Finally, the dénouement is the ending. At this point, any remaining secrets, questions or mysteries which remain after the resolution are solved by the characters or explained by the author. In this story, as the dead oiler is carried onto land, the other three men finally understand the power of the sea and how lucky they are to be alive.

    

    

    

    

    

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   Posted by bocateacher322 on Tuesday January 27, 2009 at 2:18 PM