Monday, July 22, 2019

Literature – Spelling List


Literature – Spelling List
1.    literary genre
a style of expressing yourself in writing
2.    verse form
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
3.    genre
a kind of literary or artistic work
4.    paradigmatic
of or relating to a typical example
5.    haiku
an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
6.    limerick
a humorous rhymed verse form of five lines
7.    literature
writings in a particular style on a particular subject
8.    literary
relating to or characteristic of creative writing
9.    folktale
a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
not having rhyme
12. emotive
characterized by feeling
the informed analysis and evaluation of literature
Literary criticism implies a critique and evaluation of a piece of literature and in some cases is used to improve a work in progress or classical piece.
14. poetry
literature in metrical form
written in the form of letters or correspondence
16. epic
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
the humanistic study of literature
a verse line having five metrical feet
a performance of a play
20. drama
a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
21. rhyme
correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
22. prose
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
pertaining to giving directives or rules
conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
25. fiction
a literary work based on the imagination
The terms "literary fiction" and "literary merit" serve to distinguish between individual works.
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
28. artwork
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
29. verse
a piece of poetry
30. prosody
the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
This Babylonian epic poem arises from stories in Sumerian.
literary fantasy involving the impact of science on society
34. iambic
of or consisting of iambs
35. poetic
of or relating to verse, or literature in metrical form
one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers
an artistic movement emphasizing realistic description
38. novel
an extended fictional work in prose
Early novels in Europe did not count as significant litera perhaps because "mere" prose writing seemed easy and unimportant.
39. essay
an analytic or interpretive literary composition
40. metric
based on a decimal unit of measurement
41. rhyming
having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds
42. satire
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900)
imaginative or creative writing
of the most highly developed stage of an early civilization
unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter
French philosopher and mathematician
having a useful function
49. syntax
the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
based on or told of in traditional stories
51. Odyssey
a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Early examples include the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh (dated from around 2700 B.C.), parts of the Bible, the surviving works of Homer (the Iliad and theOdyssey), and the Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.
52. Plato
ancient Athenian philosopher
a temple to all the gods of antiquity
someone who develops real estate
55. grammar
the branch of linguistics that deals with sentence structure
56. Iliad
a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
58. opera
a drama set to music
characteristic of a stage performance
exposing human folly to ridicule
61. imagery
the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
a conversation between two persons
a means of communicating by the use of sounds or symbols
the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
65. corpus
a collection of writings
66. realism
the attribute of accepting the facts of life
a mental position from which things are perceived
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
Perhaps the most paradigmatic style of English poetry, blank verse, as exemplified in works by Shakespeare and Milton, consists of unrhymed iambic pentameters.
a language user's knowledge of words
characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
72. graphic
written or drawn or engraved
73. film
a series of moving pictures that tells a story
74. poem
a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
75. romance
a relationship between two lovers
76. meter
a basic unit of length (approximately 1.094 yards)
77. sonnet
a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
78. tragedy
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
79. fantasy
imagination unrestricted by reality
80. epistle
a specially long, formal letter
81. theatre
a building where performances can be presented
Works for theatre (see below) traditionally took verse form.
of or relating to the stage
It generally comprises chiefly dialogue between characters, and usually aims at dramatic / theatrical performance (see theatre) rather than at reading.
the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
84. rhythm
an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
85. text
the words of something written
the act of doing something successfully
87. Homer
ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
88. ballad
a narrative poem of popular origin
89. memoir
an account of the author's personal experiences
90. video
broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
relating to the products of human creativity
92. topic
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
93. writer
a person who is able to write and has written something
expressive of or exciting love

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