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Literature
Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.
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tale
Literature; Fiction
A story that narrates strange happenings in a direct manner, without detailed descriptions of character.
simile
Literature; Fiction
A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. An example: My love is like a red, red rose.
style
Literature; Fiction
The way an author chooses words, arranges them in sentences or in lines of dialogue or verse, and develops ideas and actions with description, imagery, and other literary ...
subplot
Literature; Fiction
A subsidiary or subordinate or parallel plot in a play or story that coexists with the main plot.
symbol
Literature; Fiction
An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself.
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