19/08/2022
**English Literary Terms:**
Ballad – a kind of narrative poem.
Blank verse – having no rhyming end
Canto – a subdivision of an epic or narrative poem.
Caricature – ridiculous or exaggerated style, parody.
Catastrophe – the tragic end of dramatic events.
Dirge – a song expressing grief,
lamentation and mourning.
Elegy – song of lamentation Epic – a long poem
Epitaph – words that are said about dead person.
Eulogy – speech or writing in praise of a person Euphemism – inoffensive expression.
Fairy tale – folk literature.
Fantasy – an imaginary story.
Genre – Classification of literature such as drama, novels, poems, short story etc.
Hymn – song in praise of god.
Hyperbole – exaggerated statement
Irony – the deliberate use of words whose literal meaning is opposite of the meaning the speaker or writer intends.
Jargon – a mixture of two or more language.
Lampoon – a piece of satire against a person.
Limerick – a kind of short narrative poem.
Lyric – a poem that can be sung.
Melodrama – violent and sensational themes.
Metaphor – a word or phrase used to describe in a way that is different from its normal use.
Neology – bringing into use of new words.
Ode - a lyric poem, often in the form of an address.
Opera – a musical drama.
Parody – imitation of a poem or a writing.
Penny dreadful – blood and thunder tales.
Plagiarism – act of stealing from the writing of others.
Protagonist – the leading character in a play / novel.
Rhetoric – the art of persuasive impressive speaking / writing. Rhyme – short poem in same sound.
Satire - The literary art that uses honors and wit to attack and expose human folly and weakness.
Sonnet – a poem of fourteen lines. Thrillers – sensational stories
