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noun, plural ca·coph·o·nies.
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harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
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a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
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a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things:His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
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the art or process of producing such pictures, descriptions, etc.
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a study of an individual unit, as a person, family, or social group, usually emphasizingdevelopmental issues and relationships with the environment, especially in order to compare alarger group to the individual unit.
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a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war.
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any misfortune, mishap, or failure; fiasco: The play was so poor our whole evening was a catastrophe.
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| Scientifically minded people beliveve in a "case-and effect"relationship. |
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the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
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one such feature or trait; characteristic.
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moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character.
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1. A thin, flexible leaf or sheet of metal: aluminum foil.
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Music.
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a group of persons singing in unison.
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(in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists orindividual singers.
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a piece of music for singing in unison.
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a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
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the arrangement of things following one after another in time: Put these documents in chronological order.
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a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or commonthought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
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In composition and speech, the arrangement of details or ideas in order of increasing importance or force: the principle of saving the best for last.
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the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination: Hiscareer reached its climax when he was elected president.
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(in a dramatic or literary work) a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a majorturning point in a plot.
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a colloquial expression.
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colloquial style or usage.
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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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noun, plural com·e·dies.
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a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramaticwork in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successfulor happy conclusion.
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an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, inorder to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action.
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relief from tension caused by the introduction or occurrence of a comic element, as by an amusinghuman foible.
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compare and contrast |
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pertaining to a written exercise about the similarities and differences between two ormore people, places, or things
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the state of being compared.
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to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: Theaccount of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
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to fight or contend; do battle.
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a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.
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controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties.
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the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”
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the suggesting of additional meanings by a word or expression, apart from its literal meaning; the act of connoting.
Compare denotation ( def 1 ).
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correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.
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to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note theopposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights ofRomans and Greeks.
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to exhibit unlikeness on comparison with something else; forma contrast.
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Linguistics . to differ in a way that can serve to distinguishmeanings: The sounds ( p ) and ( b ) contrast in the words “pin” and“bin.”
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the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
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a striking exhibition of unlikeness.
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a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhymeand are of the same length.
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Music. any of the contrasting sections of a rondo occurringbetween statements of the refrain.
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the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word orexpression, as distinguished from the ideas or meaningsassociated with it or suggested by it; the association or set ofassociations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of alanguage, as distinguished from those elicited for any individualspeaker because of personal experience. Compare connotation.
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the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama ornovel.
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the place in the plot at which this occurs.
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the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences.
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| A descriptive essay is a piece of writing used to explain something in detail. It employs the major senses of the body to create a vivid mental image of what is being described to the reader. |
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Linguistics . a variety of a language that is distinguished fromother varieties of the same language by features of phonology,grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group ofspeakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
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a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language thatdiffers from the standard language, especially when consideredas substandard.
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conversation between two or more persons.
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the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
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noun, plural di·a·ries.
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a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings,attitudes, etc.
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a book for keeping such a record.
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style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:good diction.
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the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound qualitymanifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms ofprevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation.
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intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
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inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didacticspeaker.
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teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
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didactics, ( used with a singular verb ) the art or science ofteaching.
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a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirablealternatives.
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any difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
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Logic. a form of syllogism in which the major premise is formedof two or more hypothetical propositions and the minor premiseis a disjunctive proposition, as “If A, then B; if C then D. EitherA or C. Therefore, either B or D.”
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| the writer tells readers what kind of personality the character possesses rather than allowing the character to show his or her personality and allow readers to draw their own conclusions. |
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inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
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Music.
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a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest andneeding completion.
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an unresolved, discordant chord or interval. Compare consonance ( def 3 ) . See illus. underresolution.
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disagreement or incongruity.
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a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue orpantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character,especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
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the branch of literature having such compositions as its subject;dramatic art or representation.
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the art dealing with the writing and production of plays.
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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and isunderstood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in theplay.
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a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditorat a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramaticsituation.
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| A medium for the expression of dramatic meaning (e.g., improvisation, tableau, role, Story Theatre, dance drama, Readers Theatre, mask,... |
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a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important innerchange, as a change in personality or attitude: Ebeneezer Scrooge is adynamic character. Compare static character.
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portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
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the act of characterizing.
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the creation and convincing representation of fictitiouscharacters.
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