LIT TERMS 1-5 REMIX

1. Circumlocution: a roundabout or evasive speech or writing, in which many words are used but a few would have sufficed.

2. Classicism: art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of ancient Greece and Rome tradition, reason, clarity, order, and balance

3. Cliché: a phrase or situation overused within society

4.Climax: the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the pint of greatest intensity or interest at which plot question is answered or resolved

5. Colloquialism: folksy speech, slang words or phrases usually used in informal conversation

Bonus: Comedy: originally a nondramatic literary piece of work that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous, farcical, or amusing event designed provide enjoyment or produce smiles and laughter