Circumlocution: a roundabout or evasive speech or writing,
in which many words are used but a few would have served
Classicism: art, literature, and music reflecting the
principles of ancient Greece and Rome: tradition, reason, clarity, order, and
balance
Cliché: a phrase or situation overused within society
Climax: the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the pint
of greatest intensity or interest at which plot question is answered or
resolved
Colloquialism: folksy speech, slang words or
phrases usually used in informal conversation
Comedy: originally a nondramatic literary piece
of work that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous,
farcical, or amusing event designed provide enjoyment or produce smiles and
laughter
Conflict: struggle or problem in a story causing
tension
Connotation: implicit meaning, going beyond
dictionary definition
Contrast: a rhetorical device by which one
element (idea or object) is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of
emphasis or clarity
Denotation: plain dictionary definition
Denouement (pronounced day-new-mahn): loose ends
tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion
Dialect: the language of a particular district, class or
group of persons; the sounds, grammar, and diction employed by people
distinguished from others.
Dialectics: formal debates usually over the nature of truth.
Dichotomy: split or break between two opposing things.
Diction: the style of speaking or writing as
reflected in the choice and use of words.
Didactic: having to do with the transmission of information;
education.
Dogmatic: rigid in beliefs and principles.
Elegy: a mournful, melancholy poem, especially a
funeral song or lament for the dead, sometimes contains general reflections on
death, often with a rural or pastoral setting
Epic: a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects
the customs, mores, and aspirations of his nation of race as he makes his way
through legendary and historic exploits, usually over a long period of time
(definition bordering on circumlocution).
Epigram: witty aphorism
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