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Alphalary for Literary terms (278)
A)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)B: ballad, Bard, Basic, Bathos, Belles letters, Bibliography, Biography, Bombast, Bucolic
C)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)D: denotation, Denouement, Description, Detective story, Device, Dialogue, Diary, Diatribe, Discourse, Document, Doggerel, Drama
E)E: eclogue, Elegy, Element, Emotion, Emphasis, Epic, Epigram, Epilogue, Epistle, Epitaph, Epithet, Epos, Essay, Euphemism, Evoke, Exhortation, Expansive, Exposition, Expository, Expression
F)F: fable, Fantasy, Farce, Feeling, Fiction, Fictitious, Figurative, Figure of speech, Flashback, Foil, Fragment, Fustian
G)G: generalization, Genre, Gloss, Gothic
H)H: haiku, Heroic, Heroine, Historical fiction, Humanity, Hyperbole
I)I: iambic pentameter, Idea, Identifiable, Idiom, Idyll, Imagery, Imaginative, Inference, Integrity, Intonation, Intrigue, Introductory, Irony
J)J: jargon, Journal, Juxtapose
K)K: key
L)L: lament, Lampoon, Language, Legend, Leitmotif, Letters, Lexicon, Limerick, Literal, Literary, Locale, Lucidity, Lyric
M)M: masterpiece, Melodrama, Memoir, Metaphor, Missive, Monologue, Moral, Motif, Motive, Musical, Mystery, Myth
N)N: narrative, Niche, Nihilism, Nom de plume, Nonfiction, Novel, Novella, Nuance, Nursery rhyme
O)O: ode, Omnibus, Onomatopoeia, Opinion, Oration, Oratory, Outcome, Oxymoron
P)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)Q: quality, Quatrain, Quintessential
R)R: realism, Recitation, Redundant, Reference, Repetition, Resolution, Rhetoric, Rhyme, Rhythm, Roman à clef, Rondeau
S)S: saga, Sarcasm, Satire, Science fiction, Scope, Selection, Semantics, Sequence, Serial, Setting, Significance, Simile, Sketch, Sonnet, Stage, Stanza, Style, Stylized, Subtext, Suggestive
T)T: technique, Terminology, Theme, Thesaurus, Thesis, Thriller, Tome, Topic sentence, Tragedy, Tragicomedy, Treatise, Trilogy, Turning point
U)U: unction, Understatement, Unfolding, Unity, Utterance
V)V: verisimilitude, Vernacular, Verse, Versification, Vignette, Vocative, Voice, Volume
W)W: western, Word-smith, Writings
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