Climax

suspense, the apprehension a reader has for what is to come. Suspense is an important literary element that helps develop a story, contributes to its overall effect, and enthrall the audience through many ways including foreshadowing, conflict, and the climax. Creating suspense in a story usually involves foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is a hint of what is to come without revealing any important details. For example, in Killings by Andre Dubus, the author foreshadows Richard Strout’s violence…

In this film, the climax is after Yubong forces Songhwa to master the prison song to the point where she is out of energy. This causes Dongho to express his opinion and the disagreement causes Dongho to leave. Dongho said, “It’s hard to make a living singing. You’d be better…

important that writers of fictional stories include plot elements and character roles. This allows readers to follow story much easier. Fictional stories also include a climax. Climax is the highest or most intense point in the development of a story. Climax is also referred to as a turning point of the story. Normally the climax is introduced towards the middle of the story, before…

formula to create suspense. At the start of each chapter, Trease resolves the cliffhanger of the previous chapter. Next, he builds the action and suspense to lead us to the climax. Each chapter of Cue For Treason has its own climax. The climax is the highest point of action, adventure and suspense. Shortly after we have the climax, Trease completes the chapter with a cliffhanger. A cliffhanger to abruptly stop the story at a very…

The three act structure used in the short film “George Lucas in Love” shapes the story through the use of a set-up, confrontation/build up, and climax/resolution. By following this basic three-act structure, this short film successfully tells an entertaining story that delicately weaves details reminiscent of both Star Wars and Shakespeare in Love, without losing the audience if they’re not familiar with either of the stories. Act I – The Set Up In act one the audience meets the protagonist,…

Stranger Things Stranger Things is an original Netflix series set in Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980’s. It is about a group of residents looking for a lost boy called Will Byers. There are 3 main story lines within the season, which are Joyce (Wills mum) and Chief Hopper (the chief of police); Mike, Lucas, Dustin (Will’s friends) and Eleven (a runaway science experiment); and Nancy (Mike’s brother) and Jonathan (Will’s Brother). All these story lines are working for the same thing, finding…

the structure of the plot is the most important piece of this book. Hosseini does a great job building up to the climax with several key events that contribute to the rising action. One event that led up to the climax was the time that Hassan rescued Amir from the local bully who often picked on Amir and idolized Adolf Hitler. The most memorable and emotional event that leads to the climax was “...on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.” (Hosseini 1). Amir and Hassan have grown up…

mailman rather than Chris, is an example of situational irony affecting the main plotline of the story. This unforeseen development can perhaps almost be considered to be a relief to readers, as this detracts from the disappointment following the climax of Edie’s realization that Chris will not write to her. The idea of situational irony in “How I Met My Husband” elevates the story in a manner that adds a multilayer aspect to the uncertainty of the reader’s expectations rather than relying on…

interruptions by the xylophone. This is notable for its mocking and almost uncertain sound; the aggressive taps of the xylophone and accompanied by the flute and cello undertones. These exchanges continue until the cello leads the orchestra into an aggressive climax. The flutes drive the other instruments into a spiraling set of tone shifts, while the brass proclaim long, lonely notes beneath. This climactic moment is concluded by a sharp and sudden boom of the drum, which continues to pulse,…

Freytag’s Pyramid is a geometric shape used to visualise a typical plot structure. The left side slopping upwards depicts the introduction and rising action of the story until it reaches the peak, known as the climax, which is followed by a drop called the falling action or denouement (Brown and Yarbrough, 51). In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio, a young noblemen, falls in love with a lady named Hero and they plan to be married. However the prince Don Pedro’s brother Don John,…