lit terms set 1

Catalog

a long list of anything; an inventory used to emphasize quantity or inclusiveness

Character

the vehicle (person, animal, creation) that moves the story forward.

Characterization

refers to the techniques employed by writers to develop characters.

Climax

the point at which the conflict of the story begins to reach a turning point and begins to be resolved.

Conceit

an elaborate figure of speech comparing two very dissimilar things.

Conflict

the struggle between two opposing forces that is the basis of the plot.

Connotation

the associations, images, or impressions carried by a word, as opposed to the word’s literal meaning.

Consonance

the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after differing vowel sounds.

Convention

In general, an accepted way of doing things.

Denotation

the precise, literal meaning of a word, without emotional associations or overtones.

Denouement

the final unraveling or outcome of the plot in drama or fiction during which the complications and conflicts of the plot are resolved.

Diction

word choice

Enjambment

the carrying of sense and grammatical structure in a poem beyond the end of one line, COUPLET, or STANZA and into the next.

Epigram

any witty, pointed saying.

Epigraph

a motto or quotation that appears at the beginning of a book, play, chapter, or poem.

Epitaph

the inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person or people buried there.

Euphony

A succession of sweetly melodious sounds; the opposite of CACOPHONY.