Assertion: anticlimax | /r/HasProperty | rhetorical device
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text: Anticlimax (figure of speech), a rhetorical device
text: Anticlimax is a rhetorical technique used by writers in which events or sentences build in emotional intensity and then suddenly drop to a lower emotional point.
text: Anticlimax is a rhetorical or literary device used in literature or speaking to convey a disappointing situation.
text: Anticlimax is a rhetorical device in which an ending or conclusion is unsatisfying to the audience.
text: Anticlimax (figure of speech), a rhetorical device
text: Anticlimax is a rhetorical device which is used when at a given moment, the tension is building up and the stakes are high but then suddenly something boring or disappointing happens.