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3646221361ClimaxThe turning point or high point in a plot0
3646221362CoincidenceThe chance concurrence of two events having a peculiar correspondence between them.1
3646221363ComedyA type of drama, opposed to tragedy, having usually a happy ending, and emphasizing human limitation rather than human greatness.2
3646221364Scornful ComedyA type of comedy whose main purpose is to expose and ridicule human folly, vanity, or hypocrisy3
3646221365Romantic ComedyA type of comedy whose likeable and sensible main characters are placed in difficulties from which they are rescued at the end of the play, either attaining their ends or having their good fortunes restored4
3646221366Comic ReliefIn a tragedy, a comic scene that follows a scene of seriousness and by contrast intensifies the emotions aroused by the serious scene5
3646221367Commercial FictionFiction written to meet the taste of a wide popular audience and relying usually on tested formulas for satisfying such taste.6
3646221368ConflictA clash of actions, desires, ideas, or goals in the plotof a story or drama7
3646221369ConnotationWhat a word suggests beyond its basic dictionary definition.8
3646221370ConsonanceThe repetition at close intervals of the final consonant soundsof accented syllables or important words9
3646221371Continuous formThat form of a poem that in which the lines follow each other without formal grouping, the only breaks being dictated by units of meaning10
3646221372CoupletTwo successive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme11
3646221373DactylA metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables12
3646221374DenotationThe basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word.13
3646221375DenouementThe portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its mysteries14

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