Literature Schools, Styles, and Forms
elegy
mournful or melancholy poem
epic
long poem or story describing heroic deeds
farce
light comedy
myth
legendary story, person, etc.
novel
long fictional narrative
parody
comic imitation of a literary or musical work
prose
ordinary language as distinguished from verse
rhyme
agreement in the end sounds of lines or words
satire
the use of irony or ridicule in exposing vice, folly, etc.
sonnet
poem of 14 lines
tragedy
serious drama with an unhappy ending
Rhetoric and Figures of Speech
allegory
story in which characters and actions are symbols for ideas
ambiguity
doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intent
elegy
mournful or melancholy poem
epic
long poem or story describing heroic deeds
farce
light comedy
myth
legendary story, person, etc.
novel
long fictional narrative
parody
comic imitation of a literary or musical work
prose
ordinary language as distinguished from verse
rhyme
agreement in the end sounds of lines or words
satire
the use of irony or ridicule in exposing vice, folly, etc.
sonnet
poem of 14 lines
tragedy
serious drama with an unhappy ending
Rhetoric and Figures of Speech
allegory
story in which characters and actions are symbols for ideas
ambiguity
doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intent