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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Ballad
The ballad is a short lyric-epic work with a tense, dramatic plot of fantastic, historical, or heroic content, in which the narrative outli…
Narrative Poem
The narrative poem (poema) is a large lyric-epic work in verse in which an extended plot is combined with the disclosure of the feelings an…
Verse Novel
The verse novel is a synthetic lyric-epic genre that combines the epic breadth of a novelistic plot with the lyric element of verse languag…
