Lit Terms #2

1.Classicism: art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of ancient Greece and Rome: tradition, reason, clarity, order, and balance
The painting depicted appreciation for reason and order and classicism.
2.Cliché: a phrase or situation overused within society
Yolo is too cliche.
3.Climax: the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the pint of greatest intensity or interest at which plot question is answered or resolved
I can't put the book down at it's climax!
4.Colloquialism: folksy speech, slang words or phrases usually used in informal conversation
Twain was among the first to utilize colloqialism
5.Comedy: originally a nondramatic literary piece of work that was marked by a happy ending
Shakespeare's comedies are overshadowed by the dark tragedies.
6.Conflict: struggle or problem in a story causing tension
Conflict is necessary to an interesting story
7.Connotation: implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition
Don't forget to take into account the connotation of the words you use.
8. Contrast: a rhetorical device by which one element (idea or object) is thrown into opposition to another
for the sake of emphasis or clarity
The opponents views contrasted the speakers, making both more recognizable.
9. Denotation: plain dictionary definition
The denotation does not care what society thinks.
10. Denouement: loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion
The denouement lets readers catch their breath after the climax.
11. Dialect: the language of a particular district, class or group of persons; the sounds, grammar, and diction
employed by people distinguished from others.
We have a regional dialect in Santa Maria.
12. Dialectics: formal debates usually over the nature of truth.
I do not wish to engage in dialectics
13.Dichotomy: split or break between two opposing things.
The dichotomy of parties is tearing the country apart.
14.Diction: the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice and use of words.
His employed a simple diction.
15. Didactic: having to do with the transmission of information; education.
Didactic lectures are vital to learning
16.Dogmatic: rigid in beliefs and principles.
His writing was biased and dogmatic.
17.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.
His funeral elegy was solemnly performed.

18..Circumlocution: a roundabout or evasive speech or writing, in which many words are used but a few would have served

He used circumlocution to avoid answering the question.