Dictionary of Literary Words: Vocabulary Building. English Word Power, #7

WHAT ARE "LITERARY WORDS"?'Literary words' are associated with literature.'Literary words' are typical of a work of literature and imaginative writing.'Literary words' are used with a particular meaning, in narrative, drama, poetry and other writing in a literary manner. This book has been divided into three sections:Section 01: Common Literary WordsSection 02: Figurative Use of the WordsSection 03: Glossary of Literary TermsIMPORTANT NOTESNOTE -- A:ELEVATED WORDSUse of an 'Elevated' Word in Place of a 'Simple' Word'Elevated language' is widely used in literature.
Elevated Word -- a word that is used to show a high intellectual levelSimple Word -- a word that is used to keep the conversation simple in daily lifeExample 1:'Behold' [elevated word] | 'See' [simple word]Meaning of 'behold' and 'see':to become aware of something by using your eyesExample 2:'Blithe' [elevated word] | 'Happy' [simple word]Meaning of 'blithe' and 'happy':showing or feeling pleasure******NOTE -- B:FIGURATIVE USE OF THE WORDSMany words and phrases are used in a different (literary) way from their usual (literal) meanings to produce a special effect.
[I have put these words together in Section-2 (figurative use of the words) of this book.]Example-1:ache: In a general sense -- to feel a continuous painHis leg ached because of injury.ache: In a literary sense -- to be very sadHis false accusations made our hearts ache. [= made us sad]Example-2:Flash: In a general sense -- to shine brightly for a few momentsThe camera flashed once. Flash: In a literary sense -- to suddenly show a strong emotionTheir eyes flashed with horror.******NOTE -- C:'LITERARY TERMS'There are many words that are used to describe a particular form of writing in a literary work or used in the analysis, discussion, classification, and criticism of a literary work.
[I have defined these terms in Section-3 (glossary of literary terms) of this book.]Examples:catharsis -- the process of releasing strong feelings through artistic activitiesdiction -- the choice and use of words to create a specific effect in a literary workepithet -- a word or expression used to attribute a special quality to somebody/somethinggenre -- a particular category, style or type to which a literary wok belongsholograph -- a handwritten piece of writing by its authoridyll -- a poem that describes a peaceful and happy scenejuvenilia -- a literary work produced by an artist, in his/her youthmelodrama -- a literary work that is full of exciting and exaggerated events or emotionsopera -- a dramatic work where a majority of the words are sung to musicpanegyric -- a speech or written composition that praises somebody/somethingprosody -- the patterns of rhythms and sounds in poetryquatrain -- a verse of a poem that has four linesrefrain -- a line or number of lines of a song or poem that is repeated after each versescene -- one of the small sections within an act (a major division) of a playsemantic -- relating to the meaning of words and sentencestrilogy -- a set of three books, plays, movies, etc.
on the same characters or subjectfigure of speech -- an expression in which a word or phrase represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar (non-literal) to create a particular effect in somebody's mind, or in which an emphasis is produced by patterns of sound. [Some common figures of speech are as follows -- alliteration, anaphora, antistrophe. apostrophe, assonance, consonance, hyperbole, irony, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, periphrasis, personification, simile, synecdoche]