Lit Terms #1-5

1. Allegory: a tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or setting represents abstract ideas or moral qualities; a story that uses symbols to make a point.
Animal Farm

Allegory of the Four Elements

2. Chiasmus: a reversal in the order of words so that the second half of a statement balances the first half in inverted word order

Chiasmus - Literary Terms Project

3. Denotation: plain dictionary definition

4. Elegy: a mournful, melancholy poem, especially a funeral song or lament for the dead, sometimes contains general reflections on death, often with a rural or pastoral setting. 

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Elegy for String Orchestra - Elliott Carter

5. Fallacy: from the Latin word "to deceive", a false or misleading notion, belief, or argument; any kind of erroneous reasoning that makes arguments unsound.