# Literature & Storytelling

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 77

## About

Books, poetry, narrative craft, literary forms, and the language of storytelling.

## Words by Level

### A1
- writer — A person who writes books, stories, or articles, especially as a job.; frequency rank 2530

### A2
- character — A person in a story, film, or play.; frequency rank 1537
- romance — A romantic relationship or love affair between two people.; frequency rank 3637
- novel — A long written story about imaginary people and events.; frequency rank 3736
- chapter — One of the main sections a book is divided into.; frequency rank 4058
- author — A person who writes a book, article, or other work.; frequency rank 5264
- fiction — Stories about imaginary people and events, usually in the form of novels.; frequency rank 5950

### B1
- dramatic — Sudden, large, and very noticeable.; frequency rank 2289
- theme — The main subject or idea of a book, film, talk, or piece of art.; frequency rank 2292
- setting — The time and place in which something happens, especially in a story.; frequency rank 2630
- fantasy — Something you imagine that is pleasant but unlikely to happen.; frequency rank 3481
- tragedy — A very sad event, especially one involving death or great loss.; frequency rank 3565
- comedy — Entertainment, such as films or shows, that is meant to make people laugh.; frequency rank 3897
- poetry — Writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings and ideas.; frequency rank 3947
- poem — A piece of writing arranged in lines, often with rhythm or rhyme, that expresses feelings or ideas.; frequency rank 4047
- plot — The main events and story of a book, film, or play.; frequency rank 4074
- poet — A person who writes poems.; frequency rank 4624
- myth — A widely held but false belief or idea.; frequency rank 5007
- literature — Written works such as novels, poems, and plays valued as art.; frequency rank 5894
- literary — Relating to literature or written works.; frequency rank 10186
- narrative — A story or an account of connected events.; frequency rank 13685
- novelist — A person who writes novels.; frequency rank 15929
- biography — The written story of a person's life.; frequency rank 16485

### B2
- narrator — The person who tells a story, especially the voice telling it in a book or film.; frequency rank 1184
- legend — An old, well-known story that may not be completely true.; frequency rank 2987
- verse — A group of lines that form one unit of a song or poem.; frequency rank 8132
- metaphor — A way of describing something by calling it something else to suggest they are alike, without using 'like' or 'as'.; frequency rank 8933
- refrain — To stop yourself from doing something.; frequency rank 12931
- genre — A particular type or style of art, literature, music, or film.; frequency rank 14590
- ballad — A slow, romantic song.; frequency rank 15869
- imagery — Vivid language that creates pictures in the reader's mind, especially in writing.; frequency rank 17996
- prose — Ordinary written or spoken language, as opposed to poetry.; frequency rank 23760
- symbolism — Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.; frequency rank 24769
- bestseller — A book or product that sells in very large numbers.; frequency rank 26007
- sonnet — A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.; frequency rank 31704
- hyperbole — Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or effect, not meant to be taken literally.; frequency rank 47458
- personification — A way of writing that gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.; frequency rank 47502
- stanza — A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in writing.; frequency rank 50871
- subplot — A second, less important story within the main story of a book, film, or play.; frequency rank 87233

### C1
- irony — A situation that is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what you expect.; frequency rank 8113
- manuscript — A written or typed version of a book or article before it is published.; frequency rank 9518
- climax — The most exciting or important point of an event, story, or career.; frequency rank 12183
- sequel — A book, film, or play that continues the story of an earlier one.; frequency rank 15738
- gothic — of a European architectural style marked by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and high, elaborate structures; frequency rank 18205
- flashback — A part of a film, book, or play that shows an earlier event, interrupting the main story.; frequency rank 18744
- autobiography — an account of a person's life written by that person; frequency rank 20799
- realism — A practical attitude that accepts the facts of a situation as they really are.; frequency rank 20946
- protagonist — The main character in a story, film, or play.; frequency rank 24326
- memoir — A book in which someone writes about their own life and experiences.; frequency rank 25696
- couplet — two successive lines of verse that form a unit, often sharing a meter and rhyme; frequency rank 41277
- characterization — The way a writer describes and develops the characters in a story.; frequency rank 52316
- novella — a fictional prose narrative longer than a short story but shorter than a full-length novel
- dystopia — an imagined society in which oppressive rule or miserable living conditions make life deeply undesirable

### C2
- epic — constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; frequency rank 6793
- suspense — an uncertain cognitive state; frequency rank 13213
- ode — a formal lyric poem, often addressed to and celebrating or reflecting on a person, event, object, or idea; frequency rank 27245
- anecdote — a short, often interesting or humorous account of a real incident; frequency rank 29007
- lyrical — Expressing deep personal emotion in a beautiful way.; frequency rank 30207
- parable — A short story that teaches a moral or religious lesson.; frequency rank 33702
- paperback — a book bound with a flexible paper or card cover; frequency rank 38563
- allegory — A story whose characters and events stand for a deeper meaning, often a moral or political one.; frequency rank 39819
- epilogue — a concluding section added to a literary work that comments on or reveals what happens after the main narrative; frequency rank 42374
- surrealism — An early 20th-century art and literary movement that used dreamlike, fantastic images to express the unconscious mind.; frequency rank 45637
- anthology — A collection of poems, stories, or other writings, often by different authors.; frequency rank 52906
- allusion — An indirect mention of something the speaker expects you to recognize.; frequency rank 54818
- elegy — A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.; frequency rank 69821
- dénouement — the final part of a story or drama in which complications are resolved; frequency rank 74363

### C2+
- dialogue — A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.; frequency rank 5514
- prologue — an opening speech or section that introduces a play, novel, or other work; frequency rank 27610
- antagonist — a person who actively opposes or is hostile to another
- fable — a short tale conveying a moral, often with animal characters
- narration — the act or process of telling a story or describing events
- monologue — a long speech by one speaker, especially in a play or performance
- simile — a figure of speech comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
- preface — an introduction to a book; to introduce or precede with remarks
- satire — the use of irony or ridicule to expose folly or vice
- utopia — an imagined place of ideal perfection in laws, government, and society