Dress-ups
An explicit comparison between 2 things, signified by words "like" or "as"
Simile
Formation of a word from sound associated with its name
Onomatopoeia
Type of fiction that defies common sense and creates entirely new world through manipulation of language
Literary nonsense
Central topic or idea explored in the text
Theme
Content is imaginative but based on science
science fiction
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synecdoche
A fictitious name, especially used by an author
Pseudonym
Novel written as a series of documents usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents
Epistolary novel
A character who opposes the hero of the story
Antagonist
Brief work of fiction, usually written in prose
Short story
An arrangement in which 2 or more elements are arranged using similar phrasing or sentence structure
Parallelism
exaggerated statements not to be taken literally
Hyperbole
A way of criticizing an idea or person
Satire
Main character of a book viewed in a positive light
Protagonist
Stories that focus on crime and circumstance
Mystery
Words repeated in a reverse order
Chiamus
Form of language that is used in a particular specific region
Dialect
A novel dealing with one person's formative years
Bildungsroman
Atmosphere of the narrative created by attitude and descriptions
Mood
Story that concerns an unreal world or unreal characters
Fantasy
Indirect reference to another literary work
Allusion
Human characteristics or behavior assigned to God, animal or object
Anthropomorphism
A story with 2 levels of meaning
Allegory
Final part of a play, movie, or narrative
Denouement
Story made up, set in the past, sometimes borrows characteristics
Historical fiction