Circumlocution: a roundabout or evasive speech or writing, in which many words are used but a few would have served
Classicism: principles of ancient Greece and Rome: traditions, reasoning ,order, and everything in balance
Cliché: something over used in society
Climax: the highest point in a story where the question is answered
Colloquialism: informal conversation using slang or made up changed words
Comedy: a piece of work with a happy ending but it now is known to be funny making the audience laugh and smile
Conflict: struggle or problem in a story that must be solved
Connotation: a meaning beyond the dictionary meaning
Contrast: a device where an idea or object is compared with the opposite to provide clarity
Denotation: dictionary definition
Denouement: tying up the ending of a story after the climax
Dialect: the language of a particular district, class or group of persons; the sounds, grammar, and diction employed by people distinguished from others.
Dialectics: formal debates usually over the nature of truth.
Dichotomy: split or break between two opposing things.
Diction: the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice and use of words
Didactic: having to do getting educated of learning ex: education.
Dogmatic: rigid beliefs and customs.
Elegy: a mourning poem or song that shows views on death or remembering a person who has passed on
Epic: a long narrative poem written by a hero, who believes and shows their custom or race
Epigram: witty aphorism
Epitaph: a message or note that someone may want on their tombstone
Epithet: a name or phrase that could insult someone
Euphemism: the use of an indirect word or expression that is mean or offensive
Evocative: making memories and remembering things
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