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Climax

/klˈaɪˌmæks/
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(noun) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.
The game came to a climax.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the book was very exciting and kept me reading until the last page.

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