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Colloquialism
An expression and grammar associated with ordinary, everyday speech rather than formal language
Colon
The punctuation mark (:) which usually introduces a quotation, a list or an explanation or expression of the previous statement
Compound sentence
A sentence that has two or more simple sentences joined together by “and” or “but” etc.
Complex sentence
A sentence that has one or more clauses but at least one of these must make sense by itself.
Connotation
The implication or suggestion attached to a word or phrase
Consonance
The respected sees genre of consonants within a word or sequence of words.
Context
The parts immediately before or after a chosen passage in a literacy work; the words and ideas which surround a statement, and therefore give its its particular meaning.
Conventions
The common features of a particular kind of literature
Couplet
A pair of rhymed lines, of any metre
Conjunctive
A word that links ideas together, often used effect,u sky at the beginning of sentences to help show the writers line of thought, e.g. However, nevertheless, but.
Denotation
To mean exactly what the words says, as opposed to CONNOTATION
Denouement
The final unfolding of a plot; the point at which the readers expectations, be they fears or hopes, about what will happen to the characters are finally satisfied or denied
Dialect
The particular style and manner of speaking of one particular area
Dialogue
The speech and conversation of characters in any kind of literary work
Diction
The choice of words in a work of literature; the kind of vocabulary used.
