1. circumlocution - noun an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
2. classicism - noun a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
3. cliche - noun a trite or obvious remark
4. 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
5. colloquialism - noun a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
6. comedy - noun light and humorous drama with a happy ending; a comic incident or series of incidents
7. conflict - noun opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
8. connotation - noun an idea that is implied or suggested; what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
9. contrast - noun the act of distinguishing by comparing differences the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors; the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; verb put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; to show differences when compare
10 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
11.denouement - noun the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events
12. dialect - noun the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
13. dialectics - noun a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces
14. dichotomy - noun being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
15. 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
16. didactic - adj. instructive (especially excessively)
17. 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
18. elegy - noun a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
19. 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
20. epigram - noun a witty saying
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