Things in Writing
Setting
the surroundings or environment of anything
Theme
a unifying or dominant idea
Fiction
the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration
Simile
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared
Symbolism
the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
Genre
class or category
Verbal Irony
opposite of the literal meaning
Tone
the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject
Novella
a fictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story
Situational Irony
irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected
Hyperbole
an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
Short Story
short book
Suspense
a state of mental indecision
Suprise Ending
When a plot twist happens near the end of a story, especially if it changes one's view of the preceding events
Prose
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure