Climax

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi The highest point; the greatest degree.

II. Climax ·vi Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

III. Climax ·vi A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.

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