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concrete details details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events connotation the implied or associative meaning of a word cumulative sentence a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases declarative sentence a sentence that makes a statement or declaration deductive reasoning reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning." denotation the literal meaning of a word dialect a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region dialogue conversation between two or more people diction the word choices made by a writer didactic having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing dilemma a situation that requires a person to decide between two equally attractive or equally unattractive alternatives dissonance harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds elegy a formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme ellipsis the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context ("Some people prefer cats;others, dogs") epic a long narrative poem written in elevated style which presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation epigram a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying epigraph a saying or statement on the title page of a work, used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work epiphany a moment of sudden revelation or insight epitaph an inscription on a tombstone or burial place epithet a term used to point out a characteristic of a person (Homeric_____ are often compound adjectives ("swift-footed Achilles") that become an almost formulaic part of a name._____ can be abusive or offensive but are not so by definition. For example, athletes may e proud of their given ___ (The Rocket) eulogy a formal speech praising a person who has died euphemism an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant exclamatory sentence a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark expletive an interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes, a profanity fable a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters