Climax is the term used to refer to the part of story or play where the tension or action reaches its highest part. Sometimes, the climax is a crisis point in the plot. Sometimes, it is just where things come to a head and something happens or the main character must make a decision that will lead to one outcome or another. Those who analyze literature often represent the plot of a story with the diagram below. The climax is represented by the high point, and the action of the story begins to fall from there, until problems are resolved.