Climax (narrative)

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Point of highest tension in narrative

"Turning point" redirects here. For other uses, see Turning Point.

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The climax (from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax) 'staircase, ladder') or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given.^[1][2] The climax of a story is a literary element.^[3]

Anticlimax

An anticlimax is a disappointing event after events that were full of excitement.^[4]

See also

• Dramatic structure
• Literary element
• Climax as a rhetorical device

References

1. ^ Herrick, Robert; Damon, Lindsay Todd (1902). Composition and Rhetoric for Schools. Original from Harvard University: Scott, Foresman and Co. p. 382.
2. ^ Fletcher, Jefferson Butler; Carpenter, George Rice (1893). Introduction to Theme-writing. Original from Harvard University: Allyn & Bacon. p. 84.
3. ^ "Climax". Literary Terms. 26 March 2015.
4. ^ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/anticlimax