Black Humor - Denouement
Caesura/Cesura
a pause in a line of verse
Conceit
a startling or unusual metaphor
Convention
an established practice used by authors of literary works
Black Humor
disturbing themes in comedy
Connotation
the range of further associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to the primary definition
Chorus
(in drama) the group of citizens who stand outside the main action on stage and comment on it
Complex/Dense
more than one possibility in the meaning of words
Coinage
a made up or invented word
Couplet
pair of lines in verse that form a unit
Blank Verse
poetry written in iambic pentameter but no rhyming
Consonance
repetition of consonant sounds within words
Canto
section divisions in long poetry; similar to chapters
Colloquialism
slang; improper English used in everyday speech
Conflict
source of tension; individual vs. themselves, society, nature, fate/gods
Catharsis
the "cleansing" of emotion an audience member experience, having lived (vicariously) through the experience presented on stage
Denotation
the accepted meaning of a word
Denouement
the resolution of the main problem of the story
Cadence
the rising and falling, or rhythm, of speech
Context
those parts of the text that precede and follow a passage or event that help to give it meaning
Cacophony
use of harsh or awkward sounds