Climactic order 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.
Climax The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax
represents the point of greatest tension in the work.
Colloquialism is a word, phrase or paralanguage that is employed in conversational or
informal language Wanna Gonna Pop Giner
Colloquial a word or phrase appropriate to conversation and other informal situations
Language
Comedy Comedy depicts humorous plots whereby the protagonist is faced with a light-
hearted challenge and in the end overcomes it and the story or play ends
happily.
Comic Relief he use of a comic scene to interrupt a succession of intensely tragic dramatic
moments. The comedy of scenes offering comic relief typically parallels the
tragic action that the scenes interrupt.
Compare and The identification of similarities and differences has been found to produce the
Contrast greatest measurable impact
Comparison the considering of two things with regard to some characteristic that is common
to both,
Conflict A force of opposition and struggle found in fiction. Conflict may be internal or
external and is usually one of the following scenarios: (1) Man against Man: (2)
Man against Nature; (3) Man against self.
Connotation The emotional associations and overtones related to a word. For example, a
person who is underweight might be described as slight, or scrawny. Slight has
a fairly positive emotional connotation, while scrawny has a negative
connotation.
Consonance The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of closely associated
syllables or words. For example, gored/bored, given/heaven
Contrast to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences
Couplet A two-line stanza.
Denotation The literal dictionary definition of a word.
Denouement The resolution of the plot of a literary work
Descriptive an essay that describes something, or defines something. there is a thesis but
Essay it isnt necessarily argumentative
Dialect The term dialect encompasses the sounds, spelling, grammar, and diction
employed by a specific people as distinguished from other persons either
geographically or socially.
Dialogue Conversation between characters in a drama or story.
Dilemma A situation that requires a choice between two equally unfavourable options.
Direct Direct presentation means the speaker is telling us about the character, for
Presentation example, "Jodie was a shy girl."
Indirect presentation means the speaker is showing the character's actions,
or words through dialogue, or another character's dialogue.
Dissonance The literary device to produce cacophonous sound is known as "dissonance".
To create this effect, repeated internal and external sounds within prose or
verse are avoided. My stick fingers click with a snicker 
And, chuckling, they
knuckle the keys;
Drama a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue a story involving conflict
or contrast of character
Dramatic Irony Refers to a dramatic situation in which the audience knows something a
character does not.
Dramatic A type of poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener. As readers, we
Monologue overhear the speaker in a dramatic monologue
Dramatic form overall style the drama is presented in e.g. Play, musical, pantomime,
melodrama, situation comedy, dance drama.
Dynamic A character who changes significantly during the story (growing older is not a
Character significant change).