Cacophony

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds

Caricature

A picture,description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exxagerrated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.

Case Study

A particular instance of something used or analysed in order to illustrate a thesis or principle.

Catastrophe

An event causing great and usually sudden damage or disaster.

Cause and Effect

The principle of causation.

Character

The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

Characterization

A graphic or vivid verbal descritpion.

Character foil

A character who contrasts with another to highlight certain of the other character.

Chorus

A part of a song which is repeated after each verse.

Chronological Order

Events in an order of occurence.

Cliche

A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

Climactic Order

The organization of ideas from one extreme to another.

Climax

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something.

Colloquialism

A work or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

Colloquial Language

Is natural language.

Comedy

Professional entertainment consisting of jokes or sketches, intended to make an audience laugh.

Comic Relief

Humorous content in a dramatic or literary work intended to offset more serious episodes.

Compare and Contrast

The identification of similiarities and differences.

Comparison

A consideration or estimate of the similarties or dissimilarities between two things or people.

Conflict

A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

Connotation

An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Consonance

Agreement or compatability between opinions or actions.

Contrast

The state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

Couplet

A pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.

Denotation

A literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Denouement

The final part of a play, film, or narrative in which all the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained and resolved.

Descriptive Essay

Use the sense of sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste to provide the reader with a mental image or feeling about the subject.

Dialect

A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

Dialogue

A conversation between two or more people.

Diary

A book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences.

Diction

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Didactic

Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

Dilemma

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.

Direct Presentation

Two or more people talking or presenting directly to eachother.

Dissonance

Lack of harmony amongst musical notes.

Drama

An exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance.

Dramatic Irony

A plot device in which the reader's or audience's knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters.

Dramatic Monologue 

A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals of their character while describing particular situation or series of events.

Dramatic Form

A medium for the expression of dramatic meaning.

Dynamic Character

A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change.