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; 

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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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