cacophony

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harsh, dicordant sounds

 frequently used for poetic effect

caricature

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Case Study

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• the study of a single case

catastrophe

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• a disaster
• specifically in literature: the scene in a tradegy that includes the death or moral destruction of the protagonist - called the catastrophic event

cause and effect

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• an pattern of essay development,
• it explains why or how some event happened, and what resulted from the event.

character

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one of the persons (or sometimes animals) of a drama, novel, or poem

characterization

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Foil Character

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• A character used to 'show up' or highlight some feature of the main character
• contrast - by being very different or oposite in character

Chorus

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• The chorus usually expresses traditional attitudes or the probable views of the audience.
• Chorus can also be used as a synonym for refrain, meaning the repeated lines or stanzas.

Chronological Order

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Cliche

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• an overly used or stereotyped expression or phrase.

Climactic Order

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• Words, clauses or phrases are arranged              in order of increasing importance / intensity 
• the origin of the word "climax" is Greek, meaning "ladder"

Climax

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• often  point of greatest intensity or suspense
•  This is the crucial part of the story or drama,
•  the part that determines the outcome of the conflict.

Colloquial

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• A converstaional expression or a word or phrase found in everyday speech.
• may not be a formal or "proper English" word

colloquial language

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Comedy

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• a literary work that is primarily humorous           & ends happily.
• Example: Shakespeare's  A Midsummer Night's Dream
• exception: a Tragic Comedy - is funny              but ends sadly

Comic Relief

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• a comic element inserted into a tragic or sombre work, especially a play
• literary device used to relieve tension.

Compare/Contrast

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• compare  means list/discuss is alike 
• compare and contrast: list/ discuss points of similiarity and also of difference between people, things, ideas, events
• contrast means discuss points  not the same 
• Also, C/C is a pattern of essay development.

Comparison

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Conflict

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• struggle between opposing forces, ideas or characters in a literary work.
• These may be catergorized as either external or internal.

Connotation

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• Connotation - considered the emotions and/or associations aroused by the word              (connote = imply)

Consonance

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• the repetition of similar consonant sounds
• may be in middle or at end of a group of words.
• ie bent  lent  went  spent   event

Contrast

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Couplet

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Denotation

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Denouement

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• the outcome of a plot
• when the conflicts are resolved or unravelled 
• misunderstandings are set straight
• follows climax, is part of falling action of story.

Description Essay

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• writing (word picture) intended to allow a reader to picture the scene or setting in which the action of a story takes place
•  The form this description takes often evokes an intended emotional response, utilizes one or more of the senses and leaves the reader with a dominant impression.

Dialect

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• variety of a language used by people from particular geographic area
• each dialect has unique grammar, vocabulary, syntax, common expressions, pronounciation rules
• Ie. Creole & Quebecois - both forms of French, but very different sound, words

 Dialogue

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Diary

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Diction

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• choices of words
• good writer is acutely aware of language, quality level, appropriateness to story development or character type

Didactic

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Dilemma

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• a special type of conflict involving two or more options
• a difficult choice to be made

Direct Presentation

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• an author (the narrator or other characters) tells his reader directly what the character is like
• use of exposition or analysis.

Dissonance

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•  harsh or disagreeable combination of sounds
•  discord
• dissonant sounds

Drama

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• plays- a branch of literature & as a performing art
• a serious subject (not a comedy)

Dramatic Irony

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• the reader or audience percieves something that a character is unaware of that is ironic
• (Ironic = surprising twist of fate)

 Dramatic Monologue

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• dramatic monologue is piece of lyric poem in which speaker is persona created by  poet
•  speaker's character is revealed unintentionally through his/her attitudes in dramatic situation.
• drama - part of high intensity, high emotion
• monologue is one person speaking to themself

Dramatic Form

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Dynamic Form

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