Glossary
Glossary
A glossary of literary terms — from metaphor to free verse.
Literature01Versification
Rhythm, metre, rhyme and the stanza.
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Literature02Tropes & Figures
Metaphor, metonymy and rhetorical figures.
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Literature03Stylistics
Language, register and stylistic devices.
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Literature04Genres & Forms
Novel, novella, sonnet — genres and folk forms.
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Literature05Movements
Baroque, romanticism, modernism, avant-garde.
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Literature06Composition
Plot, fabula, conflict and structure.
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Literature07Character & Image
Hero, character, lyric subject, archetype.
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Literature08Theory & Criticism
Literary theory, criticism and book culture.
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Genres & Forms
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Drama (literary kind)
Drama as a literary kind consists of works intended for stage embodiment, in which reality appears through the action and speech of charact…
Epic (literary kind)
The epic is one of the three literary kinds (alongside the lyric and the drama), depicting events as something objective and external to th…
Lyric (literary kind)
The lyric is a literary kind that renders reality through the direct expression of a person's feelings, experiences, and reflections; at it…
