Literary Terms Beginning with the Letters D-G
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denouement | Literally, the “unknotting”: the final unraveling of the plot following the climax.
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diction | The choice and arrangement of words in a literary work.
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doggerel | Crudely written poetry.
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elegy | A poetic lament.
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epic | An extended narrative poem, exalted in style and heroic in theme.
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epistolary novel | A novel written in the form of correspondence.
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essay | A short written work of nonfiction, usually on one topic.
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euphony | Harmonious sounds, often used in poetry for effect.
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fable | A prose or poetic story that illustrates a novel.
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fiction | Narrative writing drawn from the imagination of the author rather than from history or fact.
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foot | a group of syllables forming a metrical unit, containing one stressed syllable.
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free verse | A poem without regular meter or line length.
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genre | A literary type or class.
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