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).
In brief, ârhetoricâ is any communication used to modify the perspectives of others. But this is a very broad definition that calls for more explanation. The OWLâs âIntroduction to Rhetoricâ vidcast explains more what rhetoric is and how rhetoric relates to writing. This vidcast defines rhetoric as âprimarily an awareness of the language choices we make.â It gives a brief history of the origins of rhetoric in ancient Greece.