noun
A rhetorical device where words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance or intensity. Technical term used in rhetoric and literary analysis.
「漸層法」は、修辞学で用いられる技法の一つだ。
"Climax" is one of the techniques used in rhetoric.
この演説では、漸層法によって聴衆の感情が高められている。
In this speech, the audience's emotions are heightened through the use of climax.
クライマックス is a common loanword for the peak of a story or event, whereas 漸層法 is a technical rhetorical term for the gradual buildup to that peak.
Compound of 漸 (gradual), 層 (layer), and 法 (method), likely a Meiji-era coinage as a translation of Western rhetorical terms. The exact derivation is uncertain.