Prose that deals with real events and people, not with imagined events and imagined people.
What is Non-fiction
100
a story or narrative, often told at some length, which has a deeper meaning below the surface
What is Allegory
100
A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature. It may be external (person v. person, person v. society, person v. nature/fate) or internal (person v. self)
What is Conflict
100
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
What is Biography
100
One who narrates, or tells, as story.
What is Narrator
200
fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
What is Mystery
200
a reference to another event, person, place, or work of literature - usually implied rather than explicit and often provides another layer of meaning to what is being said
What is Allusion
200
the sequence of events in a poem, play, novel, or short story that make up the main story line
What is Plot
200
a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
What is Editorial
200
A person or thing that opposes the protagonist or
hero/heroine of a story
What is Antagonist
300
Any work of literature that includes material that is invented or imagined, that is not a record of things as they actually happened.
What is Fiction
300
A short narrative that tells the particulars of an interesting and/or humorous event
What is Anecdote
300
The part in a story where the conflict comes to an end.
What is Resolution
300
a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
What is Encyclopedia
300
the main character or speaker in a poem, monologue, play, or story
What is Protagonist
400
a work that is written in imitation of another work, very often with the intention of making fun of the original
What is Parody
400
The methods used to present the personality of a character in a work of literature, both direct and indirect.
What is Characterization
400
The time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, and so on happens. Setting may also include mood and atmosphere.
What is Setting
400
an article published in a magazine
What is Magazine article
400
A representation or imitation of a person’s physical
or personality traits that are so exaggerated they
become comic or absurd
What is Caricature
500
fiction about harm about to befall a person or group and the attempts made to evade the harm
What is Suspense/Thriller
500
The comparison of two similar things to suggest
that if they are alike in some respects, they are
probably alike in other ways as well
What is Analogy
500
The use of clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story or a drama.
What is Foreshadowing
500
a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience.
What is Speech
500
Persons—or animals or natural forces represented as persons—in a work of literature. Characters may be static (stay the same) or dynamic (undergo a change in personality or attitude) and flat (merely sketched out often stereotypical or stock) or round (more fully developed).