Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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irony

Literature; Fiction

A contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and in literature. In verbal irony, characters say ...

imagery

Literature; Fiction

The pattern of related comparative aspects of language, particularly of images, in a literary work.

image

Literature; Fiction

A concrete representation of a sense impression, a feeling, or an idea. Imagery refers to the pattern of related details in a work. In some works one image predominates either by ...

foreshadowing

Literature; Fiction

Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story.

hyperbole

Literature; Fiction

A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

foil

Literature; Fiction

A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story.

flashback

Literature; Fiction

An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action. Writers use flashbacks to complicate the ...