Literary Terms List 9/29/17
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| 7535990819 | Complex, Dense | These two terms carry the similar meaning of suggesting that there is more than one possibilty in the meaning of words | 0 | |
| 7535990820 | Conflict | The primary source of tension within a story often divided into four categories | 1 | |
| 7535990821 | Conceit | In poetry, conceit doesn't mean stuck up, it refers to a startling or unusual metaphor or to a metaphor developed and expanded upon over several lines | 2 | |
| 7535990822 | Connotation | The range of further associations that a word or phrase suggest in addition to the primary dictionary meaning | 3 | |
| 7535990823 | Couplet | Pair of lines in verse that form a unit; there are several types, for example, the heroic, open, end-stopped, and most notably, those that appear at the end of Shakespearean sonnets which form the last two lines and rhyme with each other | 4 | |
| 7535990824 | Denotation | The accepted meaning of a word | 5 | |
| 7535990825 | Denouement | The resolution, solving, undoing of a central "problem" or complications of the story | 6 | |
| 7535990826 | Dialect | Variation of punctuation and usage within the standard form of speech; typically based on regional, cultural, or social class differences. Aka vernacular | 7 | |
| 7535990827 | Dirge | A song for the dead. It's tone is typically slow, heavy, and melancholy | 8 | |
| 7535990828 | Dissonance | The granting of incompatible sounds, similar to cacophony | 9 | |
| 7535990829 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not | 10 | |
| 7535990830 | Dramatic Monolouge | Speech in which the character speaks to a silent audience of one or more | 11 | |
| 7554761438 | Convention | An established practice use by authors of literary works. Involves technique, style, structure, or subject matter; partially essential to poetry and literature, which depend on such conventions as rhyme or the genre conventions of short stories | 12 | |
| 7554761439 | Diction | The choice of words used in literary work. The writing can be characterized by such features as archaism, profanity, slang, three expressions or vulgarity | 13 | |
| 7554776450 | Consonance | agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. | 14 |
