Allegory: the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence

(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allegory)

Antagonist: a character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character.

(https://literarydevices.net/antagonist/)

Ballad:  a poem that tells a story, usually (but not always) in four-line stanzas called quatrains.

(https://literaryterms.net/ballad/)

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Blank verse is poetry that has a regular rhythm, usually with ten syllables and five stresses in each line, but which does not rhyme.(https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blank-verse)

Character is a person represented in a film,play, or story.

 (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/character)

Conceit is  a clever expression in writing or speech that involves a comparison between two things.(https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/conceit)

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Elegy is a sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead. Although a speech at a funeral is a eulogy, you might later compose an elegy to someone you have loved and lost to the grave.(https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/elegy)

Epic is a film, poem, or book that is long and contains a lot of action, usually dealing with a historical subject.(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/epic)

Fable  is a type of story which shows something in life or has a meaning to a word. A fable teaches a lesson or suggests a moral from it. A fable starts in the middle of the story, that means, jumps into the main event without detailed introduction of characters. The characters of a fable may be animals, plants and legendary creatures.(https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable)

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Fiction : the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts.

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fiction)

Flashback : Flashback is a device that moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past. Often, flashbacks are abrupt interjections that further explain a story or character with background information and memories.

(https://literaryterms.net/flashback/)

Genre: A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics.

(https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/genre)

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Hyperbole(n.)  /haɪˈpɜːbəli/  [uncountable, countable] a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better, more exciting, more dangerous, etc. than it really is.     SYNONYM: exaggeration

Irony (n.)  /ˈaɪrəni/ [uncountable, countable] the funny 

or strange aspect of a situation that is very different from 

what you expect; a situation like this

Metaphor (n.)   /ˈmetəfə(r)/ /ˈmetəfɔː(r)/ [uncountable, countable] a word or phrase used to describe somebody/something else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful, for example She has a heart of stone; 

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

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Metonymy /me·ton·y·my | \ mə-ˈtä-nə-mē/

Narrative /ˈnær·ə·t̬ɪv/ noun [ C ] 

(https://www.lexico.com/definition/narrative)

A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.

(https://www.lexico.com/definition/narrator)

Novel noun [ C ]

Ode noun [ C ]

a poem expressing the writer's thoughts and feelings about a particular person or subject, usually written to that person or subject:

Pastoral adjective

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Personification noun [ C usually singular, U ] 

Plot noun [ C ]  the story of a book, film, play, etc.:

Poem noun [ C ]  

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Poetry

Prose

Protagonist

Tet

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Rhyme scheme: the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rhyme%20scheme)

Satire: a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satire)

Setting: the time and place of the action of a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/setting)

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Short story: a story, usually about imaginary characters and events, that is short enough to be read from beginning to end without stopping (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/short-story?q=short+story)

simile: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile)

Sonnet: A sonnet is a fourteen line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme. (https://literaryterms.net/sonnet/)

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Stereotype: an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype)

Symbolism:  the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. An action, person, place, word, or object can all have a symbolic meaning (https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-symbolism.html)

Theme: a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly. (https://literarydevices.net/theme/)

Tone: the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

Tragedy:a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.

Verse:  a single line of poetry

* A literacy autobiography ... is "an account of significant factors and eventst hat have contibuted to your development as a reader or writter." 

The role language plays in your live is the product of numerous experiences that have shaped the way you think, write and read. 

* A Literacy Biography ... is the biographical exploration of the lives of writers and artists ...

Literary biographers  must balance the weight of commentary on the individual works against the biographical content to create a coherent narrative.

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"Deshmoret e Prishtines" school * Shkoder, Albania

* Diary ... form of auotobiographical writing, a regularly kept record of the diarist's activities and reflections. 

Written primarily for the writer's use alone, the diary  has a frankness thet is unlike writing done for publication.

* An Interview is essentially a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. In common parlance, the word "interview" refers to one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee ...

An interview may also transfer information in both directions

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