D Words

I will be posting writing terms every other week from the book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing" (2nd edition) by Laurie E. Rozakis.

1. denotation- a word's exact meaning.
2. denouement- the resolution of a story. At the denouement, all the loose ends of the story are woven together.
3. description- a kind of writing that creates a word picture of what something or someone is like.
4. dialect- the way people speak in a certain region or area. In a dialect, certain words are spelled and pronounced differently. use dialects to define characters and setting more fully.
5. dialogue- conversation in fiction or drama. it is the exact words a character says. in a story or novel, quotation marks are used to indicate dialogue.
6. diary- a writer's record of his or her experiences, ideas, and feelings.
7. diction- word choice.
8. drama- a piece of literature written to be performed in front of an audience. The actors tell the story through their actions and words.
9. dramatic monologue- a type of poem in which a character speaks, using the first-person point of view.
10. dramatic poetry- a play written in poem form.