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| the surroundings or environment, also can be the year or era. |
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| a surrounding or pervading mood, environment, or influence. |
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| the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability |
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| the way the subject or plot of a story or writing makes the reader feel. |
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| a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
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| a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark |
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an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does |
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| the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship |
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| the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work. |
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| The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language |
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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. |
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| the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. |
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the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
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making a topic sentence of a paragraph into the whole paragraph is the idea of paragraph development. |
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| a written essay that is in conversational matter, usually personal and subjective. |
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a written essay that is very non-person and objective. No personality shows through in this type of essay. |
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a writing where two ideas, subjects or objects are compared, the similarities are stated, and contrasted, where the differences are stated. |
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| the act of persuading or seeking to persuade. |
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| Concerned with classification or description |
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| Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story |
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marked by or dealing with one's own experiences or life history; of or in the manner of an autobiography. |
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| of or pertaining to a person's life. |
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a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative |
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| something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story |
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| a literary work that gives facts and is not made up. |
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a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, esp. one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. |
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| a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing |
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to write what is on your mind; write as you go. A writing of class exercises. |
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a novel or other prose narrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, romantic exploits, etc., usually in a historical or imaginary setting |
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a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction |
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a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle |
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generally, a story that ends happily |
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