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== Allegory to Bathos ==
== Allegory to Bathos ==
 
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* [[allegory]]
* [[allegory]]
* [[alliteration]]
* [[alliteration]]
* [[allusion]]
* [[allusion]]
* [[anagnorisis]]
* ''[[anagnorisis]]''
* [[antagonist]]
* [[antagonist]]
* [[anthropomorphism]]
* [[anti-hero]]
* [[anti-hero]]
* [[apostrophe]]
* [[archetype]]
* [[archetype]]
* [[atmosphere]]
* [[atmosphere]]
* <i>[[bathos]]</i>
* [[ballad]]
 
* ''[[bathos]]''
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== Canon to Convention ==
== Canon to Convention ==
 
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* [[canon]]
* [[canon]]
* <i>[[catharsis]]</i>
* ''[[catharsis]]''
* [[character]]
* [[character]]
* [[climax]]
* [[climax]]
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* [[conflict]]
* [[conflict]]
* [[convention]]
* [[convention]]
 
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== Deconstruction to Diatribe ==
== Deconstruction to Diatribe ==
 
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* [[deconstruction]]
* [[deconstruction]]
* [[dénouement]]
* [[dénouement]]
* [[description]]
* [[description]]
* <i>[[deus ex machina]]</i>
* ''[[deus ex machina]]''
* [[diatribe]]
* [[diatribe]]
 
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== Epic Poetry to Exposition ==
== Epic Poetry to Exposition ==
 
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* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]]
* [[Epic Poetry | epic poetry]]
* [[epigraph]]
* [[epigraph]]
* [[epiphany]]
* [[epiphany]]
* <i>[[ethos]]</i>
* ''[[ethos]]''
* [[exegesis]]
* [[exegesis]]
* [[exposition]]
* [[exposition]]
 
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== Flashback to Freytag’s Formula ==
== Fantasy to Freytag’s Formula ==
 
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* [[fantasy]]
* [[fiction]]
* [[figurative language]]
* [[flashback]]
* [[flashback]]
* [[foil]]
* [[foil]]
* [[foreshadowing]]
* [[foreshadowing]]
* [[Freytag’s Formula]]
* [[Freytag’s Formula]]
 
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== Genre to Lyric ==
== Genre to Lyric ==
 
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* [[genre]]
* [[genre]]
* <i>[[hamartia]]</i>
* ''[[hamartia]]''
* [[hero]]
* [[hero]]
* [[heroic ideal]]
* [[heroic ideal]]
* <i>[[hubris]]</i>
* ''[[hubris]]''
* [[hypertext]]
* [[hypertext]]
* [[hypertext fiction]]
* [[imagery]]
* [[imagery]]
* [[inciting action]]
* [[inciting action]]
* <i>[[in medias res]]</i>
* ''[[in medias res]]''
* [[irony]]
* [[irony]]
* [[literary criticism]]
* [[literary criticism]]
* [[literary theory]]
* [[literary theory]]
* <i>[[logos]]</i>
* ''[[logos]]''
* [[lyric]]
* [[lyric]]
 
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== Melodrama to Myth ==
== Masculinity to Myth ==
 
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* [[masculinity]]
* [[melodrama]]
* [[melodrama]]
* [[metaphor]]
* [[metaphor]]
* [[metonymy]]
* [[metonymy]]
* [[milieu]]
* [[milieu]]
* <i>[[mimesis]]</i>
* ''[[mimesis]]''
* [[monologue]]
* [[monologue]]
* [[motif]]
* [[motif]]
* [[mood]]
* [[mood]]
* [[myth]]
* [[myth]]
 
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== Narration to Oration ==
== Narration to Oration ==
 
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* [[narration]]
* [[narration]]
* [[narrative]]
* [[narrative]]
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* [[onomatopoeia]]
* [[onomatopoeia]]
* [[oration]]
* [[oration]]
 
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== Pace to Protagonist ==
== Pace to Protagonist ==
 
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* [[pace]]
* [[pace]]
* [[paradox]]
* [[paradox]]
* [[parody]]
* [[parody]]
* <i>[[pathos]]</i>
* ''[[pathos]]''
* <i>[[peripeteia]]</i>
* ''[[peripeteia]]''
* [[personification]]
* [[personification]]
* [[plot]]
* [[plot]]
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* [[prose]]
* [[prose]]
* [[protagonist]]
* [[protagonist]]
 
* [[pun]]
== Reader Response to Rising Action ==
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== Resolution to Romance ==
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* [[resolution]]
* [[resolution]]
* [[reversal]]
* [[reversal]]
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* [[rhyme]]
* [[rhyme]]
* [[rising action]]
* [[rising action]]
 
* [[romance]]
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== Satire to Syntax ==
== Satire to Syntax ==
 
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* [[satire]]
* [[satire]]
* [[science fiction]]
* [[science fiction]]
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* [[surrealism]]
* [[surrealism]]
* [[symbol]]
* [[symbol]]
* [[synecdoche]]
* [[synesthesia]]
* [[syntax]]
* [[syntax]]
 
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==Text to Zeugma ==
==Text to Zeugma ==
 
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* ''[[terza rima]]''
* [[text]]
* [[text]]
* [[theme]]
* [[theme]]
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* [[verisimilitude]]
* [[verisimilitude]]
* [[zeugma]]
* [[zeugma]]
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==


* [http://web.cocc.edu/lisal/literaryterms/elements_of_literature.htm Elements of Literature] — Lisa R. Lazarescu begins by defining literature, then discusses various key aspects of the study.
* [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/drama_glossary.html Glossary of Literary Terms] — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center.
* [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/drama_glossary.html Glossary of Literary Terms] — Cursory definitions to get you on the right track from McGraw Hill’s Online Learning Center.
* [http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm Glossary of Literary Terms] — from Bedford / St. Martin’s press.
* [http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples] — by Ross Scaife at the University of Kentucky.
* [http://www.northern.edu/benkertl/dictionary.html Literary Dictionary] — covering poetry, drama, short fiction, the novel, and literary criticism, by the students of Lysbeth Em Benkert-Rasmussen.
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/1terms.html Literary Terms] — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen.
* [http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/1terms.html Literary Terms] — A comprehensive list by the students of Ted Nellen.
* [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html Literary Terms] — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail.
* [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html Literary Terms] — Lilia Melani covers many of the basics in detail.
* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm Virtual Salt] — A handbook of rhetorical devices by Robert A. Harris.
* [http://www.virtualsalt.com/a-handbook-of-rhetorical-devices/ A handbook of rhetorical devices] by Robert A. Harris.
* [http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/critical/links.html Words of Art] — A list of terms for the study of art by Robert J. Belton at Okanagan University College.
 
 
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