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genre
a) a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue:
b) a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like
c)
d)

fable
a) a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue:
b) a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
c)
d)

parable
a) a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
b) a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like
c)
d)

tale
a) a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
b) a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
c)
d)

realism
a) a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
b) interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
c)
d)

short story
a) a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
b) interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
c)
d)

theme
a) a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
b) to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash:
c)
d)

protagonist
a) a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
b) the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
c)
d)

Antagonist
a) the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
b) a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
c)
d)

conflict
a) a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
b) to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash:
c)
d)

Exposition
a) a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers
b) a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
c)
d)

Foreshadowing
a) to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure:
b) the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination:
c)
d)

climax
a) to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure:
b) the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination:
c)
d)

Denouement
a) the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
b) a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.
c)
d)

Epiphany
a) the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
b) a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.
c)
d)

Flat character
a) a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
b) an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative p
c)
d)

Round character
a) a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
b) an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative p
c)
d)

Static character
a) a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
b) a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
c)
d)

Dynamic Character
a) a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude:
b) a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
c)
d)

Stock character
a) a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude:
b) a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring n
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d)

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