Read the following passage carefully:
"For weeks, tension built relentlessly in the village of Kanta as two rival families prepared for a decisive showdown at dawn over a disputed palm plantation. Young men sharpened their machetes, elders whispered of war, and the community braced for catastrophic bloodshed. However, when dawn arrived and the armed factions met at the village square, the parish priest stepped forward, announced that the government had acquired the land for a public road six months prior, and both sides quietly disbanded to attend to their morning chores."
Which plot structure device is primarily demonstrated by the resolution of this conflict?
- Anti-climaxCevap
- BClimax
- CDramatic irony
- DParadox
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Anti-climax
The passage builds significant tension and expectation toward a violent showdown (rising action), but then resolves the situation with a mundane, administrative announcement that quietly disperses the conflict. This structural movement—from a dramatic peak of expectation to a trivial or underwhelming resolution—is the exact definition of an anti-climax.
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Plot Structure and Narrative Devices (Anti-climax vs. Climax)