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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.
The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work. The climax of John Updike's A & P, for example, occurs when Sammy quits his job as a cashier. A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the better. In comedy, things work out happily in the end. Comic drama may be either romantic--characterized by a tone of tolerance and geniality--or satiric.