The purpose of the rising action in a story is to: explain what happens to the characters after the climax describe the main character to the reader build up suspense as the story nears the climax wrap up the loose ends in the story

Think about describing one of your friends to someone else. if they are nice, or funny, how do you prove it? you will generally think of examples and interactions that you have had with them, right? choose one friend and come up with different types of examples that you might use to prove to someone else what type of person your friend is. write a one-paragraph journal entry describing this friend. use descriptive language, imagery, and examples.