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Circumlocution |
: a roundabout or evasive speech or writing, in which many words are used but a few would have served |
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Classicism |
: art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of ancient Greece and Rome: tradition, reason, clarity, order, and balance |
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Cliché |
: a phrase or situation overused within society |
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Climax |
: the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the pint of greatest intensity or interest at which plot question is answered or resolved |
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Colloquialism |
: folksy speech, slang words or phrases usually used in informal conversation |
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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 |
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Conflict |
: struggle or problem in a story causing tension |
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Connotation |
: implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition |
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Contrast |
: a rhetorical device by which one element (idea or object) is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity |
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Denotation |
: plain dictionary definition |
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Denouement (pronounced day-new-mahn) |
: loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion |
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Dialect |
: the language of a particular district, class or group of persons; the sounds, grammar, and diction employed by people distinguished from others. |
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Dialectics |
: formal debates usually over the nature of truth. |
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Dichotomy |
: split or break between two opposing things. |
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Diction |
: the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice and use of words. |
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Didactic |
: having to do with the transmission of information; education. |
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Dogmatic |
: rigid in beliefs and principles. |
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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. |
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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). |
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Epigram |
: witty aphorism. |