List of literature topics
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The following is a list of literary topics.
- See also List of literary terms
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Accent
- Accentual verse
- Accentual-syllabic verse
- Aesthetic movement
- Allegory
- Alliteration
- Allusion
- Ambiguity
- Anecdote
- Antagonist
- Apostrophe
- Assonance
- Author's purpose
- Autobiography
[edit] B
[edit] C
- Character
- Characterization
- Chronological order
- Climax
- Comedy
- Conceit
- Conclusion
- Concrete poem
- Conflict
- Connotation
- Context
- Contrast
- Consonance
- Couplet
[edit] D
- Dead metaphor
- Detail
- Denouement
- Description
- Dialect
- Dialogue
- Diary
- Didactic literature
- Diphthong
- Doggerel
- Drama
- Dramatic monologue
- Dramatic poetry
[edit] E
- Elegy
- Elision
- Emblematic poem
- English studies
- Epic
- Epigram
- Epitaph
- Epithalamium
- Essay
- Eulogy
- Exaggeration
- Excerpt
- Existentialism
- Exposition
- Expressionism
- Extended metaphor
- Eye rhyme
[edit] F
- Fable
- Fantasy
- Farce
- Feminine ending
- Fiction
- Flash prose
- Figurative language
- Flashback
- Folk tale
- Foot
- Foreshadowing
- Frame story
- Free verse
[edit] G
[edit] H
[edit] I
- Ictus
- Idiom
- Idyll
- Imagist
- Implicit metaphor
- Incomplete metamorphosis
- Internal rhyme
- Inciting moment
- Invocation
- Irony
[edit] L
[edit] M
- Macaronic verse
- Main character
- Masculine ending
- Masculine rhyme
- Memoir
- Metamorphosis
- Metaphor
- Metaphysical poet
- Meter
- Metonymy
- Minor character
- Mock heroic
- Moral
- myth
[edit] N
[edit] O
[edit] P
- Parable
- Parody
- Pastoral
- Pathetic fallacy
- Personification
- Persuasion
- Playwright
- Plot
- Poetic diction
- Poetry
- Point of view
- Prose
- Protagonist
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Realism
- Refrain
- Repetition
- Resolution
- Rhyme
- Rhyme scheme
- Rhythm
[edit] S
- Sarcasm
- Scan (poetry)
- Science fiction
- Sensory language
- Sextet
- Short story
- Simile
- Slash
- Socratic irony
- Soliloquy
- Sonnet
- Sprung rhythm
- Stage direction
- Stanza
- Style
- Surprise ending
- Surrealism
- Suspense
- Syllabic verse
- Symbol
- Symbolism
- Synecdoche
- Synaesthesia
[edit] T
[edit] U
[edit] V
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