Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Lit Terms #2

circumlocution
 a roundabout way of speaking!


classicism
styles of the literature and art of ancient Rome and Greece!

Cliché
an overused sentence or phrase; even a thought or action!
 
Climax
   the most exciting or eventful part of the plot!
 
Colloquialism
Casual conversation!
 
Comedy
A play or work of literature with humor and happiness; dramatic.
 
Conflict
Internal or external. A rising problem.
 
Connotation
a second notation in addition to the primary one.
 
Contrast
    Opposites of each other creating different views or thinking.
 
Denotation
a word specifying another.
 
Denouement
 the outcome or resolution of a plot!
 
Dialect
Conversation between two people.
 
Dialectics
Logical argumentation.
 
Dichotomy
 division into two equal parts, subdivision!
 
Diction
 Speaking or writing style.
 
Didactic
instruction.
 
Dogmatic
 faith and morals.
 
Elegy
 a melancholy poem.
 
Epic
 Heroic, adventurous, achieving piece of literature!
 
Epigram
witty, pointed, satirical poem.
 
 

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