Literature

Literature

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

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thematic redundancy

Literature; Fiction

Retelling essentially the same story without changing any major element.

theme

Literature; Fiction

The underlying element which governs the author’s selection of dramatic events to show onstage. Can be a belief (e.g. ''Catch-22,'' war is insane, only lunatics fight in wars), a ...

three-act structure

Literature; Fiction

This is a classic plot described as follows: * Act 1. The protagonist’s life is knocked ''out of whack.'' He confronts an obstacle which he is locked in to solving or being ...

tic

Literature; Fiction

A minor mannerism — verbal, visual or otherwise — which is uniquely assigned to a particular character as a means of identifying him. One character twirls his hair; another ends ...

Tom Swifty

Literature; Fiction

A fetish for adverbs, usually in modifying speech. “‘We’d better hurry,’ said Tom Swifty.” As Strunk and White say, an adverb is a leech sucking the strength from a verb. Whenever ...

toon

Literature; Fiction

A comic relief character generally intended to be recognized as such — Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are toons (most of Shakespeare’s comic relief characters are toons). Toons have ...

vampire

Literature; Fiction

A partially resurrected human that survives by feeding off the blood of other humans. The word first appeared in 18th century travel literature and derived from the Serbian word ...