LITERARY+TERMS


 * 1) **ambivalent:** //..., Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain//
 * 2) **caustic:** //harsh or corrosive in tone//
 * 3) **compassionate:** //share the suffering of//
 * 4) **critical:** //..., characterized by careful evaluation and judgment//
 * 5) **diction:** //conveys emotion, especially attitude and tone; makes an emotional appeal; creates precision; gives voice, conveys style; establishes ethos//
 * 6) **didactic:** //..., instructive (especially excessively)//
 * 7) **dogmatic:** //..., arrogant and stubborn about one's (often unproven) beliefs//
 * 8) **elegant:** //refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style//
 * 9) **erudite:** //..., scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic//
 * 10) **forthright:** //frank, direct, straightforward//
 * 11) **imagery:** //creates/recreates an experience for an emotional effect--a connection, a hook, notice, etc.//
 * 12) **metaphor:** //to help his reader/himself understand by equating something the reader/he doesn't understand with something they do; to make the reader/himself think about how two dissimilar are the same--epiphanous; "oh yeah" moment//
 * 13) **morose:** //gloomy//
 * 14) **nostalgic:** //..., having a longing for things past//
 * 15) **patronizing:** //treating in a condescending manner//
 * 16) **personification:** //humanizes it; allows us as readers to relate to it on a personal level, on a human level//
 * 17) **reflective:** //..., deep; thoughtful//
 * 18) **simile:** //to help reader/poet understand by looking at specific characteristics of two dissimilar things; does not have to link/equate all parts//
 * 19) **symbolism:** //see beyond the obvious//
 * 20) **whimsical:** //subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable//