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Character The person, such as a hero or villian represented in the story.
Setting The place or location where a story occurs
Themes The underlyingmessages above all plot elements that writers want to convey.
Mood The atmosphere or attitude the writer conveys through descriptive language.
Allegory A story in verse or prose with characters representing virtues and vices.
Ballad A story that is told or sung, usually in verse accompanied by music.
Drama PLays, comedy, tragedy, moder, usually conducted within five acts.
,Epic A long poem usually of book length that reflects values inherent in the generative
society.
Epistle A letter that is not always originally intended for public distribution but because
the writer or recipient is famous, it ends up being public domain.
Essay A limited length prose work that focuses on a topic and propounds a definite
pointof view through an authoritative tone.
Fable A terse tale offering up a moral or exemplum.
Legend A traditional narrative or collection of related narratives, popularly regarded a
historically factual but actually a mixture of fact and fiction.
Myth Stories that are more or less universally shared in a culture to explain its history and
traditions.
Novel The longest form of fictional prose containing a variety of characterizations,
settings, local color, and regionalism.
, poem A work in which the only requirement is rhythm.
Romance A highly immaginative tale set in a fantastical realm dealing with the conflicts
between heroes, villians and monsters.
Short Story A terse narrative with less developmental background about characters but
still include description, point of view and tone.
Folk Tales / Fairy Tales Adventures with Animals and humans and the supernatural
characterize these stories.
Fables Animals that act like humans are featured in these stories.
Myths Stories about events from the earliest times, such as the origin of the world, are
considered true in their societies.
Legends Similar to Myths except that they tend to deal with events that happened more
recently.