From top, left to right: Scranton Electric Building, St. Peter's Cathedral, Downtown Scranton, Scranton City Hall, and Courthouse Square Motto(s): Embracing Our People, Our Traditions and Our Future Location of Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Climax (rhetoric) In rhetoric, a climax (Greek: ÎºÎ»á¿Î¼Î±Î¾, klÃ®max, lit. staircase or ladder) is a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance.[1][2] In its use with clauses, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (lit. growth).
Climax, (Greek: âladderâ), in dramatic and nondramatic fiction, the point at which the highest level of interest and emotional response is achieved. In rhetoric, climax is achieved by the arrangement of units of meaning (words, phrases, clauses, or sentences) in an ascending order of importance. Moby Dick.