Terms test

Foil

Person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast

Diction

Choice of words to convey a tone of effect

Utopia

Imaginary place of ideal perfection

Nostalgia

Desire to return in thought or fact to a former time

Doppelgänger

Ghostly counterpart of a living person or alter ego

Epistolary

Piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters

Epiphany

sudden or intuitive insight into the reality , brought up by a simple occurrence

litote

form of understanding in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis and intensity

Chiasmus

figure of speech by which the order of the terms in there first parrallel classes is revered in the second

Synesthesia

an attempt to fuse different senses by describing one kind of sense impression in words

Villanelle

poem consisting of 5 , 3 line stanzas followed by a quatrain and having only 2 rhymes. 19 line poem

Satire

literary style used to make fun of an idea or human weakness

Aphorism

concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a held belief

Bildungsroman

Novel or story whose theme is the moral growth of the main character

Deus ex machina

use of an artificial device to solve a difficult situation

Eulogy

a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing