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Terms for subject Literature (1001 entries)

dissonance	The feature of discordant, clashing or unmelodious sounds in poetry and prose.
distance	Sometimes referred to as 'aesthetic distance', distance is a phrase used to suggest the detachment from the subject-matter with which either the writer or the reader views a piece of literature. This effect is created through use of tone, diction, and presentation.
Distinguished Club Program	DCP
District Governor	DG
District Governor Tom	DGT
dithyramb	Originally referring to an impassioned chant or song in a Greek chorus, it now refers to any extremely enthusiastic written or spoken text.
Division Council Meeting	DCM
document	A written record giving information or evidence.
Don't Time Me	DTM
double entendre	A word with a double meaning, one of which might be sexual.
double negative	When two negative words are used to express a single negative. Common in English used during Chaucer's time, up until the time of Shakespeare
double plot	Where a play has both a main and a sub-plot. Some plays may have triple or multiple plots.
DownTown ToastMasters Club	DTTM
drama	Any kind of performance intended for an audience in a theatre.
dramatic effect	This exam term requires candidates to think about the dramatic effectiveness of a specific passage or aspect of a play. Candidates must be aware of all factors such as situation, stage directions, significance in plot development, characterisation, dramatic irony, poetic effects, and anything else that may add to the impact upon an audience.
dramatic effectiveness	This exam term requires candidates to think about the dramatic effectiveness of a specific passage or aspect of a play. Candidates must be aware of all factors such as situation, stage directions, significance in plot development, characterisation, dramatic irony, poetic effects, and anything else that may add to the impact upon an audience.
dramatic irony	Where a character is unaware of the ironyof his or her words, or situation, and other characters on stage or, more especially, the audience is conscious of this.
dramatic point of view	A device where the readers of a narrative are placed as an audience as if in a play or movie. The author does not explain the character's thoughts or emotions.
dramatic tension	Techniques used within drama to create tension and suspense, such as stichomythica. see dramatic effect.
dramatis personae	A list of the characters of a play.