Subject |
Date Published |
Contributer |
Language |
Total Questions |
File Name |
Language |
14th February 2009 |
Harold Graham |
USA |
74 |
wbe38.zip |
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Nemo James - Singer Songwriter
Adventure Novel |
A novel where exciting events are more important than character development and sometimes theme |
Allegory |
A figurative work in which a surface narrative carries a secondary, symbolic or metaphorical meaning |
Apologue |
A moral fable, usually featuring personified animals or inanimate objects which act like people to allow the author to comment on the human condition. Often, this highlights the irrationality of mankind |
Autobiographical Novel |
A novel based on the author's life experience |
Blank Verse |
Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
Caesura |
A pause, metrical or rhetorical, occurring somewhere in a line of poetry |
Canon |
Recognized body of work considered the greatest works |
Christian novel |
A novel either explicitly or implicitly informed by Christian faith and often containing a plot revolving around the Christian life, evangelism, or conversion stories |
Coming-of-age story |
A type of novel where the protagonist is initiated into adulthood through knowledge, experience, or both, often by a process of disillusionment |
Conceit |
An elaborate, usually intellectually ingenious poetic comparison or image, such as an analogy or metaphor in which, say a beloved is compared to a ship, planet, etc |
Detective novel |
A novel focusing on the solving of a crime, often by a brilliant detective, and usually employing the elements of mystery and suspense |
Dystopian novel |
An anti-utopian novel where, instead of a paradise, everything has gone wrong in the attempt to create a perfect society |
End-stopped |
A line that has a natural pause at the end (period, comma, etc.) |