📚ap english literature review

Rising action

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The part of a narrative where events build toward a climax, involving the rising fortunes of a main character or set of characters.

AP course connection

Topic 1.4: 1.4 Understanding and interpreting a narrator’s perspective

Unit 1

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