The turning point of a story is when it goes in a different direction, one which will resolve it. This can be different things to different types of stories. In a tragedy, it's the point when things start to go bad for the main characters. In a rags-to-riches story it's the point when it seems that the hero is done for, but then he or she gets a big break. In a sports story it's the point when you think the Home Team is going to lose, and then they manage to win the Big Game. In a quest story, it's the point when you think the quest is going to fail, but then something happens which allows it to succeed. In a detective story it is when all pertinent fact have been established and the 'mystery' can be solved from that point. In a love story it is when all obstacles to love have been over-come and there remains nothing to further impede consummation - the impediments however are the whole rasion-d'ete (reason for being) for the story so this usually happens near the very end.
Other words for the turning point are fulcrum, climax, epiphany and resolve.
However, another term is "anticlimax", which means the turning point in a story that is always a letdown. It is the point at which you learn that the story will not turn out the way you had expected.
Dramatic-the point of most intense excitement in a storyTechnical-main turning point in the story
the turning point of the story at which the most action occurs
1. Exposition 2. Rising Action 3. Climax/Turning Point (sometimes climax and turning point are identical, sometimes the climax is followed by a turning point in the plot). 4. Falling Action 5. Resolution
The climax is the point of highest interest where the problem begins to be resolved.
The climax is the highest tension in literature and the turning point in the action. In the plot line, the climax happens after the rising action and before the action starts falling.
No, turning point and climax are not the same thing. A turning point is a moment in the story where the action changes direction, while the climax is the highest point of tension in the story where the conflict is resolved. The turning point can lead to the climax but they serve different narrative functions.
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The climax of a book is the point of excitement. A climax is the high point, the turning point of a story.
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The turning point in a plot is the climax.
The most exciting point of a story often called the turning point is Climax
The climax of the story is the turning point of the story; the moment when the ultimate suspence reaches its peak.