ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The climax (from the Greek word , meaning “staircase” and “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.

Detailed explanation-2: -CLIMAX: the point of greatest tension or emotional intensity in a plot. The climax follows the rising action and precedes the falling action (denouement). Climax is the point at which the conflict reaches its greatest height and the crisis, or turning point in the action occurs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The major turning-points are clearly defined and structurally fixed: inciting incident, plot point 1, pinch point 1, midpoint, pinch point 2, plot point 2, climax and last twist. The two plot points divide the three acts. Therefore they always cause a major change within the plot.