List of literary terms
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abecedarius academic drama acatalectic accentual verse acrostic allegory alliteration allusion anachronism analects analogy anaphora anastrophe anecdote annotation antagonist antepenult anthology anti-masque anti-romance antinovel antistrophe antithesis aphorism apocope apollonian and dionysian apologue apology aposiopesis apron stage archaism archetype argument aristeia arsis and thesis asemic writing aside assonance atmosphere attitude aubade audience autobiography autotelic avant-garde ballad ballad stanza ballade bard baroque bathos beast poetry beat generation belles-lettres bestiary beta reader bibliography bildungsroman biography blank verse bloomsbury group book bookbinding broadside burlesque burletta burns stanza buskin byronic hero caca cadence caesura calligram canto canzone captivity narrative caricature carmina burana carpe diem catachresis catastrophe catharsis caudate sonnet chanson de geste chansonnier chant royal chapbook charactonym chiasmus choriamb chronicle cinquain classical unities classicism clerihew climax closet drama comedy comedy of errors comedy of manners comic relief comparative linguistics compensation complaint conceit confidant conflict connotation consistency contradiction contrast copyright couplet courtesy book courtly love crisis crown of sonnets curtain raiser curtal sonnet dada dandy decadence decorum denotation description detective fiction deus ex machina deuteragonist dialect dialogue diameter diction digest digression dime novel dirge dissociation of sensibility dissonance dithyramb doggerel dolce stil nuove domestic tragedy double drama dramatic monologue dream vision droll dystopia eclogue edition ekphrasis elegy elision emblem emblem book enjambment envoi envoy epic poetry epigram epigraph epilogue episode epistle epistolary novel epistrophe epitaph epithet epizeuxis epode eponymous author equivalence essay ethos eulogy euphuism evidence exegesis exemplum existentialism exordium expressionism extended metaphor extension extravaganza eye rhyme fable fabliau falling action fantasy farce feeling feminine ending feminine rhyme fiction figure of speech folio folklore foreshadowing form frame story free verse fustian gallows humor genetic fallacy genre gloss glossary of poetry terms golden line goliard gonzo journalism grand guignol great chain of being grub street hagiography haikai haiku half rhyme hamartia hebraism hemistich hendecasyllabic verse hendecasyllable heptameter hero heroic drama hexameter higher criticism historical linguistics historical novel history of literature history of modern literature hokku holograph homily hornbook hubris hymn hyperbole iambic pentameter ideology idiom imagery imagism impressionism in medias res incunabulum inference intellectual internal rhyme interpretation intertextuality irony jacobean era jeremiad journal juggernaut juvenalian satire juxtaposition kabuki kenning kigo kireji kitsch lai lake poets lament lampoon laureate legend legitimate theater libretto light ending light poetry linguistics list of literary awards list of poetry awards lists of books lists of writers literary criticism literary genre literary magazine literary realism literary theory literature litotes liturgical drama local color logos loose sentence lost generation low comedy lyric lyric poetry malapropism marginalia marinism marxist literary criticism masculine rhyme masque meiosis melodrama memoir menippean satire metaphor metonymy mimesis minstrel modernism monodrama monody monograph monologue monometer monostich moral morality play mummery mystery play mythology narrator neologism non-fiction non-fiction novel novel novelette novella objective correlative octameter octave ode oedipus complex onomatopoeia oxford movement oxymoron palinode pantoum pantun parable paradelle paradox parallelism pararhyme parody partimen pastoral pastourelle pathetic fallacy pathos pathya vat pentameter performance periodic sentence persona personification perspective picaresque novel platonic poem and song poetic diction poetic transrealism poetry polysyndeton postmodernism progymnasmata prologue prose prosimetrum prosody protagonist proverb pruning poem psychoanalytic literary criticism psychoanalytic theory pun pyrrhic quadrivium quantity quarto quatorzain quatrain reader-response criticism refrain renga renku repetition resolution rhetoric rhyme romance novel romanticism russian formalism satire sea shanty semiotic literary criticism semiotics sensibility sestet setting tone short story simile slice of life sobriquet sonnet sonneteer speaker sprung rhythm stanza stereotype structuralism structure subplot syllogism symbolism synecdoche syntax tableau tagelied tale tall tale tenor tension tercet terza rima tetrameter textual criticism the hedgehog and the fox theatre of the absurd thomas bowdler threnody tragedy tragicomedy transcendentalism transition translation tribrach trimeter triolet tristich tritagonist trobar clus trochee troubadour ubi sunt underground culture underground press understatement universality university wits unobtainium unreliable narrator utopia utopian and dystopian fiction variorum vates vaudeville vehicle verisimilitude verism verse paragraph victorianism villain villanelle volta vorticism vulgate watermark well-made play western canon western fiction wit