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The inciting incident is the moment or plot point in a script that kicks the story into motion. It occurs after the set up or exposition and everything that follows the inciting incident should be a result of the inciting incident.
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One word of caution: Don't get confused and end up looking for the climax of the story instead of the inciting incident. The climax is the big crucial moment toward the end of a story, the turning point where the major issue of the plot is finally resolved.
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point of attack: that moment nearest the beginning of the play in which the major conflict to be resolved occurs; sometimes called the inciting moment.
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An event that occurs after the moment of last suspense which reopens the narrative and prevents closure. The conflict which appeared to be resolved is left open-ended.
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Integral to this form of storytelling is the "inciting incident" - the moment our lives, or the lives of our characters, change. In Evans' case this is the day his wife died, a tragic moment he is using to set up the next acts of his life story, which he hopes will come to a satisfactory resolution.
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DR. GATES, SERGEANT CROWLEY & PRESIDENT OBAMA (7/29/09) President Obama hopes that the incident between police officer James Crowley and scholar Henry Louis Gates "ends up being what's called a teachable moment." We oblige with a lesson including student readings and discussion questions.
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www.teachablemoment.org/
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DR. GATES, SERGEANT CROWLEY & PRESIDENT OBAMA (7/29/09) President Obama hopes that the incident between police officer James Crowley and scholar Henry Louis Gates "ends up being what's called a teachable moment." We oblige with a lesson including student readings and discussion questions.
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To find a particular term, use your browser's Find command. Note: Terms already in the Handbook of Rhetorical Devices have been deleted from this file. ... Adventure novel. A novel where exciting events are more important than character development and sometimes theme. Examples: ... H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines...
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