Term: climax: arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: cold chisel: narrow chisel made of steel; used to cut stone or bricks
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: uruguayan peso: the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: metical: the basic unit of money in Mozambique; equal to 100 centavos
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: speech therapy: any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: jerk: (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: forties: the decade from 1940 to 1949
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: x-ray diffraction: the scattering of X rays by the atoms of a crystal; the diffraction pattern shows structure of the crystal
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: one-trillionth: one part in a trillion equal parts
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: black crappie: a crappie that is black
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: photojournalist: a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs