climax - Wiktionary, the free dictionary climax (countable and uncountable, plural climaxes or (rare) climaces) (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order
What is Climax? Definition, Examples of Climax of a Story Definition of climax: The climax of a plot is the point at which the central conflict reaches the highest point of intensity In a more general sense, the climax is any point of great intensity in a literary work