Lit Terms #2

Circumlocution - (noun) an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Classicism - (noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
Cliche - (noun) a trite or obvious remark
Climax - (noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play; arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness; the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; the most severe stage of a disease; the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse; verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
Colloquialism - (noun) a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Comedy - (noun) light and humorous drama with a happy ending; a comic incident or series of incidents
Conflict - (noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); an incompatibility of dates or events; opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; a disagreement or argument about something important; verb go against, as of rules and laws; be in conflict
Connotation - (noun) an idea that is implied or suggested; what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
Contrast - (noun) the act of distinguishing by comparing differences;the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness); the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors; the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; a conceptual separation or distinction; verb put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; to show differences when compared; be different
Denotation - (noun) the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; the act of indicating or pointing out by name
Denouement - (noun) the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events
Dialect - (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Dialectics - (noun) a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces
Dichotomy - (noun) being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
Diction - (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words; the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
Didactic - (adj.) instructive (especially excessively)
Dogmatic - (adj.) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to or involving dogma; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
Elegy - (noun) a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Epic - (adj.) very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; noun a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Epigram - (noun) a witty saying

*definitions from easydefine.com