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 with the transmission of information; education
Dogmatic: rigid in beliefs and principles
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
Epic: a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects the
customs, morals, and aspirations of his nation of race as he makes his
way through legendary and historic exploits, usually over a long period
of time
Epigram: witty aphorism
Epitaph: any brief inscription in prose or verse on a tombstone; a
short formal poem of commemoration often a credo written by the person
who wishes it to be on his tombstone
Epithet: a short, descriptive name or phrase that may insult someone's character, characteristics
Euphemism: the use of an indirect, mild, or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, offensive, or blunt
Evocative: a calling forth of memories and sensations; the
suggestion or production through artistry and imagination of a sense of
reality
Exposition: beginning of a story that sets forth facts, ideas, and/or characters, in a detailed explanation
Expressionism: movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feeling(s).
Fable: a short simple story, usuall with animals as characters, designed to teach a moral truth
Fallacy: from Latin word "to deceive", a false or misleading
notion, belief or argument; any kind of erroneous reasoning that makes
arguments unsound
Falling Action: part of the narrative or drama after the climax
Farce: a boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue
Figurative Language: apt and imaginative language characterized by figures of speech (such as metaphor and simile)
Flashback: a narrative device that flashes back to prior events
Foil: a person or thing that, by contrast, makes another seem better or more promient
Folk Tale: a story passed on by word of mouth
Foreshadowing: in fiction and drama, a device to prepare the
reader for the outcome of the action; "planing" to make the outcome
convincing, though not to give it away
Free Verse: verse without conventional metrical pattern, with irregular pattern or no rhyme
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