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08/19/2013

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cacophony
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Cacophony was an American heavy metal band formed in 1986 by guitarists Marty Friedman and Jason Becker.[1
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caricature
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caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way.

 
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case study
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A case study is a description of an actual administrative situation involving a decision to be made or a problem to be solved. It can a real situation that actually happened just as described, or portions have been disguised for reasons of privacy. 
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cause and effect
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Cause and Effect Foundation is an Early Intervention Service for Preschool children with special needs.
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character
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character is a person in a narrative work of arts 
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characterization
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Characterization or characterisation is the art of creating characters for a narrative,[1] including the process of conveying information about them. 
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character foil
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In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another charactern order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
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chorus
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The Pacific Opera Victoria Chorus has an important impact on the high quality of Pacific Opera Victoria's productions and our choice of repertoire
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chronological order
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Chronology   is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time, such as the use of a timeline or sequence of events. 

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cliche
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cliché  is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, or effect, and even, to the point of being trite or irritating, 
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climactic order
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In writing, there are patterns of organization as to how a writer will "grab" the reader to lead her to the end of an idea. One type is "climactic order",
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climax
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The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama or when the action starts in which the solution is given.[1][2] Climax is a literary element.
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colloquialism
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colloquialism is a word, phrase or paralanguage that is employed in conversational or informal language but not in formal speech or formal writing.[
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calloquial language
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Colloquial language, especially in philosophy of language, is natural language which, among other properties, uses colloquialisms. In the field of logical atomism, meaning is evaluated differently than with more formal propositions.

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comedy
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Comedy in the contemporary meaning of the term, is any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film and stand-up comedy.
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comic relief
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Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.

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compare and contrast
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Compare and contrast essays are the other big essay types in academic writing.

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comparison
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he act of comparing or the process of being compared.
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conflict
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In literature, the literary element conflict is an inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces. 
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connotation
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connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation.
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consonance
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The definition of consonance has been variously based on experience, frequency, and both physical and psychological considerations
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contrast
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couplet
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couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.

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denotation
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enotation is a translation of a sign to its meaning, more exactly, to its literal meaning. Denotation is sometimes contrasted to connotation, which translates a sign to meanings associated with it.
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denouement
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Dramatic structure is the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film.
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descriptive essay
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An essay is generally a short piece of writing written from an author's personal ...
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dialect
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he term dialect ] is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists.
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dialogue
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ialogue is a literary and theatrical form consisting of a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or morepeople. 
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diary
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diary is a recor\in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period.
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diction
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Diction, pronounced "a saying, expression, word"),[1] in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story.
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didactic
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idacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art. 
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dilemma
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dilemmais a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is practically acceptable.
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drama
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance
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direct  presentation
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is an online presentation produced approximately monthly by Nintendo , where ...Types of Nintendo Direct presentations Nintendo Direct ...

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dramatic irony
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his type of irony is the device of giving the spectator an item of information that at least one of the characters in the narrative is unaware of (at least consciously), thus placing the spectator a step ahead of at least one of the characters. 
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dramatic monologue
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One of the most important influences on the development of the dramatic monologue is the Romantic poets
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dramatic form
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Dramatic structure is the structure of a drama tic work such as a play or film . 
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dynamic character
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character is a person in a narrative work of arts (such as a novel, play, television show/series, or film)
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