Climax (narrative)

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. The climax of a story is a literary element.

An anticlimax is a disappointing event after events that were full of excitement.

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