Does anyone know what exactly Rising action/climax/exposition etc.. mean?

Question

What do these mean:

Rising action

Climax

Dropping action(or something like that)

Exposition

like example: climax is the highest point in the story with all the action(i already kind of know that but i still need help)

And i need to know these for a mini poster project thing that my english class is doing, we read Ransom of Red Chief(shorter story).

So if you know what the rising action,climax, dropping action, or exposition FOR the Ransom of Red Chief please tell me!!:D

Thanks for the help/answers!!(in advance)

Answer 1

Rising Action - the conflict is building but hasn't reached it's peak

ex. maybe tension is growing

Climax - the turning point... peak.. the big bomshell goes off so to speak

Dropping Action - results of climax ... things start to close down

Exposition - the conclusion

Never reas Ransom of Red Chief so can't help you there.