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How to pronounce “climax”

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Pronunciation guide for climax

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of climax with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Do You Talk to Yourself? Here’s How to Harness Your Inner VoiceIt's what is arguably the climax,
Definition summary: (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

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Do You Talk to Yourself? Here’s How to Harness Your Inner Voice

It's what is arguably the climax,

[Noun]
(originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
(obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
(narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
(now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
[Verb]
(ambitransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

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