ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -In the structure of a play the climax, or crisis, is the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action. It may or may not coincide with the highest point of interest in the drama.