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| 7842231871 | comic relief | A humorous scene, event, or speech in a serious drama. EX: William Shakespeare's Macbeth Act 3 | 0 | |
| 7842260470 | connotation | the suggested or implied meanings associated with a word beyond its dictionary, definition, or denotation | 1 | |
| 7842306622 | conceit | an elaborate figure of speech that makes a comparison between two significally different things | 2 | |
| 7842325236 | characterization | the methods a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character | 3 | |
| 7842333803 | characterization | D.H. Lawrence- The rocking horse winner | 4 | |
| 7842338602 | characterization | the train from Rhodesia- Nadine gordimer | 5 | |
| 7842345730 | cliche | a word or phrase that is so overused that is virtually meaningless EX: dead as a doornail piece of cake last but not least | 6 | |
| 7842368613 | consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds, typically at the end of nonrhyming words and preceded by different vowel sounds EX: the blood-dimmed tide is loosed | 7 | |
| 7842414740 | comedy | a type of drama that's humorous and often has a happy ending | 8 | |
| 7842423867 | climax | the crisis, the point of highest emotional pitch | 9 | |
| 7842433357 | colloquism | informal language used in everyday conversation but not in formal writing or speech | 10 | |
| 7842467465 | couplet | two consecutive rhymed lines of poetry that follows the same rhythmic pattern | 11 | |
| 7842455910 | colloquism | EX:katherine manfield's "cup of tea" | 12 | |
| 7842483765 | couplet | EX: for thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings that then I scorn to change my state with kings | 13 | |
| 7842487354 | crisis | the climax or the point of highest emotional pitch | 14 | |
| 7842491302 | conflict | the central struggle between two opposing frces in a story or drama | 15 | |
| 7842509942 | conflict | EX: anita desai's games at twilight or chinua achebe's dead men's path | 16 | |
| 7842520820 | Elegy | a poem mourning a death or another great loss EX: Tennyson's in memoriam A.H.H | 17 | |
| 7842520821 | end rhyme | the rhyming of words at the ends of lines EX: houseman's to an athlete dying young | 18 | |
| 7842550925 | end stopped line | a line of poetry that contains a completed thought, EX: William blake's a posion tree I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end | 19 | |
| 7842682122 | dactyl | a three syllable metrical foot, while the 1st syllable is stressed and the rest are unstressed EX: Alfred lord Tennyson's tears, idle tears. | 20 | |
| 7842656529 | denotation | the literal or dictionary meaning of a word | 21 | |
| 7842696500 | denouement | the final outcome of the plot is revealed | 22 | |
| 7842708913 | description | a detailed portrayal of a person, place, object, or event EX; anita desai's games at twilight | 23 | |
| 7842723866 | dialect | a variation language spoken by a particular region or class EX; Naipaul's story B. wordsworth | 24 | |
| 7842741970 | dialogue | conversation between characters | 25 | |
| 7842763959 | diary | an individual's daily records of impressions, events, or thoughts written for a personal use EX; samual pepya's 1660=1669 | 26 | |
| 7842780440 | diction | a writers choice of words | 27 | |
| 7842801569 | dimeter | a line of verse consisting of two feet | 28 | |
| 7842819644 | drama | a story intended to be performed by actor's before an audience | 29 | |
| 7842835174 | dramatic irony | readers or viewers know something that characters don't | 30 | |
| 7842846551 | dramatic monologue | speaker addresses a silent listener EX; Robert browning's - my last duchness | 31 | |
| 7842863842 | dramatic poetry | characters who are revealed through dialogue, monologue, nd description EX; Thomas hardy's -- ah, are you digging on my grave | 32 | |
| 7842885821 | dramatic structure | structure of a serious play | 33 | |
| 7842900326 | dynamic character | character that grows throughout the story EX; paul in D.H. Lawrence's the rocking horse winner | 34 |
