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ENA3 Literature Terminolgy

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  • a clever and amusing use of a word or phrase with two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meaning
    a pun
  • the ability to read and write
    literacy
  • a person who tells a story
    a narrator
  • a person who writes poems
    a poet
  • the leading character, hero, or heroine of a story
    a protagonist
  • an evil character
    a villain
  • an inability to think of ideas, which writers sometimes suffer from
    writer's block
  • an account of your life, which you write yourself
    autobiography
  • a report in which someone gives their opinion of something such as a new book or film
    a review
  • a long written story about imaginary people and events
    a novel
  • a non-fiction book that someone writes about someone else's life
    a biography
  • the connected series of events which make up the story
    a plot
  • something that happens after a person's death but relates to something they did before they died
    posthumous
  • a summary of a longer piece of writing or work
    a synopsis
  • the name a writer uses on books and articles instead of their real name
    a pseudonym / a pen name
  • a written story about imaginary events that is only a few pages long
    a short story
  • someone does not know how to read or write
    illiterate
  • a list of candidates for final consideration (as for a position or a prize)
    a shortlist
  • a passage or speech which is added to the end of a book or play as a conclusion
    an epilogue
  • a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book
    an anthology
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