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| Cacophony- a harsh discordant mixture of sounds |
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| Caricature- a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: |
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| Case Study- a study of an individual unit, as a person, family, or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships with the environment, especially in order to compare a larger group to the individual unit. |
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| Catastrophe- a sudden and widespread disaster |
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| Cause and effect- noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. |
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| Character- the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. |
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| Characterization- the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters. |
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| Character foil- a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character. |
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| Chorus- a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse. |
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| Chronological order- the arrangement of things following one after another in time. |
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| Cliché- a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc. |
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| Climatic order- the arrangement of details or ideas in order of increasing importance or force. |
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| Climax- the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something. |
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| Colloquialism- a word, phrase, or expression characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing |
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| Colloquial Language- a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations |
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| Comedy- a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending. |
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| Comic relief- an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. |
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| Compare and Contrast- pertaining to a written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things |
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| Comparison- the considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common to both, as the likening of a hero to a lion in courage. |
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| Conflict- to come into collision or disagreement |
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| Connotation-something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described |
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| Consonance- correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds |
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| Contrast- to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc |
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| Couplet- a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. |
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| Denotation- a word that names or signifies something specific |
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| Denouement- the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel. |
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| Descriptive Essay- An essay that creates a vivid image in your reader's mind using the five senses. |
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| Dialect- a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially. |
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| Dialogue- conversation between two or more persons. |
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| Dairy- a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc. |
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| Diction- style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
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| Didactic- intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry. |
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| Dilemma- a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives. |
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| Direct Presentation- authors present straight out, by exposition or analysis, what a character is like, or has someone else in the story tell what she is like. |
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| Dissonance- inharmonious or harsh sound |
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| Drama- a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play. |
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| Dramatic irony- irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. |
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| Dramatic form- The form of a drama is the way that the story is told, the way the characters play their parts, and/or the way the themes are explored. |
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| Dramatic monologue- a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation. |
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| Dynamic character- a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude |
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