"What is a Climax in Literature?": A Literary Guide for English Students and Teachers

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@SWLF Жыл бұрын

If you enjoyed this video, give us a like, drop us a question about spotting climaxes, or share your favorite example of a climax in a novel, short story, or other narrative. Thanks for watching, everybody!

@Khatoon170 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for wonderful literary, educational channel. As I said before I am Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American KZbin channels. I love to read and write because both are great ways to improve our English as none native speakers. Climax definition is most intense moments Within story , making turning point for protagonist as they confront. Climax can be also used as stylistic device by increasing importance of words , in pharse or sentences. For example climax of story when conflict plot is resolved.

@SWLF 7 ай бұрын

Nice work here, @Khatoon170 !

@musman6028 4 ай бұрын

7:11 climax can either simply or complicate the theme, Thats the point.❤

@SWLF 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, @musman6028 !

@Khatoon170 7 ай бұрын

Climax ( Greek ladder ) in dramatic and non dramatic fiction, point at which highest level of interest and emotional response is achieved. In rhetoric climax is achieved by arrangement of unity of meaning ( words , pharse , clauses , sentences). Structure of play climax or crisis is decisive moment or turning point . Pyramidal of five act dramatic structures advanced by German playwright Gustav fregtag in Dietechnik des drama ( 1863) . Climax in sense of crisis occurs close to conclusion of third act . By end of 19 th century when traditional act drama was abandoned in favor of three acts , both crisis and emotional climax were placed lose to end of play . Every story have climax without climax story is just series of events. Thank you for your wonderful educational literary channel.

@SWLF 6 ай бұрын

Nice work here, Khatoon! For another famous take on why stories need climaxes, check out Frank Kermode's classic work of literary criticism "The Sense of an Ending."