Climax (narrative)
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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
[edit]An anticlimax is a disappointing event after events that were full of excitement.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Herrick, Robert; Damon, Lindsay Todd (1902). Composition and Rhetoric for Schools. Original from Harvard University: Scott, Foresman and Co. p. 382.
- ^ Fletcher, Jefferson Butler; Carpenter, George Rice (1893). Introduction to Theme-writing. Original from Harvard University: Allyn & Bacon. p. 84.
- ^ "Climax". Literary Terms. 26 March 2015.
- ^ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/anticlimax