Lit Terms #2

1. 1.circumlocution- a roundabout speech or writing in which many words are used but a few would have served.
   Ex.  I would have been to school on time but time just moves so quickly and it's so difficult to keep track of; time just never stops and keeps moving and moving.
    
2. classicism- art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of Ancient Greece amd Rome tradition. Ex. Shakespeare, Dante, and Dickens.
    
3. cliche- a phrase or situation overused within society. Ex. Opposites attract!
    
4. climax- the decisive point in a narrative or drama. Ex. The climax in Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo challenges Tybalt to a duel.
    
5.  colloquialism- folksy speech, slang words. Ex. Y'all wana mosey on over for a gander?
    
6. 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 to provide enjoyment or produce smiles and laughter.
   Ex.  Mid Summer Nights Dream
    
7. conflict-  struggle or problem in a story causing tension.
   Ex.  Hamlet has the internal conflict of how to avenge his father's death.
    
8. connotation-  implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition.
   Ex.  Pushy refers to someone loud-mouthed and irritating.
    
9.  contrast-  a rhetorical device by which one element is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity.
   Ex.   Black and white.
    
10. denotation-  plain dictionary definition.
    Ex.  Definition: statement of the exact meaning of a word.
     
11. denouement-  loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion.
    Ex.  The denouement in Great Expectations is Pip and Estella's marriage.
     
12. dialect-  the language of a particular district.
    Ex.  Mark Twain uses dialect in a lot of his stories.
     
13. dialectics-  formal debates usually over e nature of truth.
     
14. dichotomy-  split or break between two opposing things.
    Ex.  Nature versus nurture.
     
15. diction-  the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice and use of words.
    Ex.  The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn and Hamlet have very distinct diction choices. didactic-  having to do with the transmission of information.
    Ex.  Teachers have a very didactic profession.
     
16. dogmatic-  rigid in beliefs and principles.
    Ex.  Perhaps we are all being a bit to dogmatic.
     
17. elegy-  a mournful, melancholy poem, especially a fimeral song or lament for the dead.
    Ex. “With the farming of a verse/Make a vineyard of the curse,/Sing of human unsuccess/In a rapture of distress;/In the deserts of the heart/Let the healing fountain start,/In the prison of his days/Teach the free man how to praise.” - "In Memory of W. B. Yeats" by W. H. Auden 
     
18. epic-  a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects the customs, morals, and aspirations of his nation or race as he makes his way through legendary and historic exploits.
    Ex.  Beowulf 
     
19. epigram-  witty aphorism
    Ex.  "Little strokes/Fell great oaks." - Benjamin Franklin
     
20. epitaph-  any brief inscription in prose or verse on a tombstone.
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22. Epithet-  a short, descriptive name or phrase that insults someone's character.
    Ex.  You have pushed me in a delicate corner.
     
23. euphemism-  the use of an indirect, mild or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, offensive, or blunt.
    Ex.  Seed away instead of dieded.
     
24. evocative-  a calling forth of memories and sensations.
    Ex.  Evocative of the period was very stylish.