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JA B incognito
JA B incognito asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

In a mystery story...?

What do you call that moment the story has been leasding up to, when the mystery is revealed?

Update:

Sorry about the delay. I was hoping there was a term which was more specific to mysteries. I may be imagining something which doesn't exist, but I'm still holding out hope for a "deus ex machina." (the term I was probably thinking of when I thought there was another Latin, or perhaps French term for such a revelation)

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  • Herschel
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    denouement

  • Madalynn
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Climax

  • Julia Marie
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    the climax is the high point of the novel, usually towards the end, where things start to be revealed.

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