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).
By Richard Nordquist. Definition: (1) A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at regular intervals: a refrain. Adjective: epanaleptic. (2) Repetition at the end of a clause or sentence of the word or phrase with which it began: a combination of anaphora and epistrophe. See Examples and Observations, below.