7291279208 | Static character | One who does not change much throughout the story | 0 | |
7291280729 | Dynamic character | Changes in important ways as a result of the story's actions | 1 | |
7291284014 | Flat character | Have few personality traits | 2 | |
7291287002 | Round character | More complex and have more dimensions to their personalities | 3 | |
7291289918 | Cliche | A word or phrase that has become lifeless because of its overuse | 4 | |
7291295733 | Climax | The point in plot with greatest intensity, suspense or interest | 5 | |
7291298218 | Comedy | A story with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by characters | 6 | |
7291302285 | Conceit | Elaborated metaphor or other figure of speech that compares two totally different things | 7 | |
7291305455 | Concrete language | Use specific words and details to describe a particular subject | 8 | |
7291308460 | Conflict | The struggle between opposing forces or characters | 9 | |
7291311871 | Connotation | Associations and emotional overtones that have become attched to a word or phrase, in addition to its dictionary definition | 10 | |
7291319359 | Consonance | Repetition of the same or similar final consonant sound on accented syllables or in important words | 11 | |
7291323161 | Couplet | Two consecutive rhyming lines in poetry | 12 | |
7291326678 | Dark romantics | Group of nineteenth century writers who explored the dark side of human nature | 13 | |
7291329155 | Denotation | Dictionary definition | 14 | |
7291330252 | Denoment | Conclusion or resolution of a story | 15 | |
7291336774 | Dialect | Way of speaking characterized of a certain social group of inhabitants of a certain geographical area | 16 | |
7291340480 | Dialogue | Direct quoted words of people speaking to one another | 17 | |
7291343412 | Diction | A speaker or writers choice of words | 18 | |
7291344930 | Dramatic monologue | Poem in which character speaks to oneself or more listeners whose response are not known | 19 |
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