Education English | Climax and Anticlimax | 1. “Climax
Climax is the arrangement of a series of ideas in the order of increasing importance”, (Wren and Martin, 1979:495). The example of climax;
a. What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties!
In action, how like an angel! In apprehension, how like a god!
The example above, the sentence always uses increasing expression.
2. Anticlimax
“Anticlimax is the opposite of Climax, a sudden descent from higher to lower”,(Wren and Martin, 1979:495). It is chiefly used for the purpose of satire or ridicule. The examples of anticlimax are:
a. And thou, Dalhousie, the great god of war.
b. Here thou, great Anna! Whom three realms obey.
c. He lost his family, his car and his cell phone.
All of the examples above which is the last part of the sentence express something lower than the first.
a. What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties!
In action, how like an angel! In apprehension, how like a god!
The example above, the sentence always uses increasing expression.
2. Anticlimax
“Anticlimax is the opposite of Climax, a sudden descent from higher to lower”,(Wren and Martin, 1979:495). It is chiefly used for the purpose of satire or ridicule. The examples of anticlimax are:
a. And thou, Dalhousie, the great god of war.
b. Here thou, great Anna! Whom three realms obey.
c. He lost his family, his car and his cell phone.
All of the examples above which is the last part of the sentence express something lower than the first.
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