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A climax is 1: a series of ideas or statements so arranged that they increase in force and power from the first to the last 2: the highest point In terms of literary works, th â¦ e climax is the major action of a story, the event to which the rising action has been leading.
climax implies the highest point in an ascending series. the war was the climax to a series of hostile actions; apex implies the point where all ascending lines converge. the apex of Dutch culture; acme implies a level of quality representing the perfection of a thing. a statue that was once deemed the acme of beauty