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Literary terms Vocabulary Word List (278)
A)Abridgment, Abstract, Accented, Adaptation, Aestheticism, Allegory, Alliteration, Allusion, Almanac, Ambiguity, Amplification, Analogy, Analysis, Anecdote, Antagonist, Anthology, Anticlimax, Antihero, Antithesis, Apocryphal, Aptness, Artistic, Atlas, Atmosphere, Audience, Author, Authorship, Autobiography, Avant-garde
B)Ballad, Bard, Basic, Bathos, Belles letters, Bibliography, Biography, Bombast, Bucolic
C)Cadence, Canto, Caricature, Cast of characters, Cause & effect, Central, Chanson, Character, Characterization, Chiasmus, Chronicle, Chronology, Cipher, Clarity, Classic, Cliché, Climax, Coherence, Collection, Colloquialism, Colophon, Comedy, Comparison, Compendium, Composition, Conclusion, Confession, Confidant, Conflict, Connotation, Contrast, Convey, Correlation, Couplet, Courtly love, Criticism, Critique, Cycle
D)Denotation, Denouement, Description, Detective story, Device, Dialogue, Diary, Diatribe, Discourse, Document, Doggerel, Drama
E)Eclogue, Elegy, Element, Emotion, Emphasis, Epic, Epigram, Epilogue, Epistle, Epitaph, Epithet, Epos, Essay, Euphemism, Evoke, Exhortation, Expansive, Exposition, Expository, Expression
F)Fable, Fantasy, Farce, Feeling, Fiction, Fictitious, Figurative, Figure of speech, Flashback, Foil, Fragment, Fustian
G)Generalization, Genre, Gloss, Gothic
H)Haiku, Heroic, Heroine, Historical fiction, Humanity, Hyperbole
I)Iambic pentameter, Idea, Identifiable, Idiom, Idyll, Imagery, Imaginative, Inference, Integrity, Intonation, Intrigue, Introductory, Irony
J)Jargon, Journal, Juxtapose
K)Key
L)Lament, Lampoon, Language, Legend, Leitmotif, Letters, Lexicon, Limerick, Literal, Literary, Locale, Lucidity, Lyric
M)Masterpiece, Melodrama, Memoir, Metaphor, Missive, Monologue, Moral, Motif, Motive, Musical, Mystery, Myth
N)Narrative, Niche, Nihilism, Nom de plume, Nonfiction, Novel, Novella, Nuance, Nursery rhyme
O)Ode, Omnibus, Onomatopoeia, Opinion, Oration, Oratory, Outcome, Oxymoron
P)Parable, Parlance, Parody, Passage, Pastiche, Pastoral poem, Pathos, Period, Personification, Plagiarism, Plot, Poem, Poetic, Poetry, Point of view, Potboiler, Prediction, Preface, Prologue, Prominent, Prose, Protagonist, Pseudonym, Publisher, Purpose
Q)Quality, Quatrain, Quintessential
R)Realism, Recitation, Redundant, Reference, Repetition, Resolution, Rhetoric, Rhyme, Rhythm, Roman à clef, Rondeau
S)Saga, Sarcasm, Satire, Science fiction, Scope, Selection, Semantics, Sequence, Serial, Setting, Significance, Simile, Sketch, Sonnet, Stage, Stanza, Style, Stylized, Subtext, Suggestive
T)Technique, Terminology, Theme, Thesaurus, Thesis, Thriller, Tome, Topic sentence, Tragedy, Tragicomedy, Treatise, Trilogy, Turning point
U)Unction, Understatement, Unfolding, Unity, Utterance
V)Verisimilitude, Vernacular, Verse, Versification, Vignette, Vocative, Voice, Volume
W)Western, Word-smith, Writings
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