| A | B |
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| Adventure novel | A novel where exciting events are more important than character development and sometimes theme (e.g. THE THREE MUSKETEERS) |
| Allegory | A figurative work in which a surface narrative carries a secondary, symbolic or metaphorical meaning (e.g. THE FAERIE QUEEN) |
| Apologue | A moral fable, usually featuring personified animals or inanimate objects which act like people to allow the author to comment on the human cindition. (e.g. JUNGLE BOOK) |
| Autobiographical novel | A novel based on the author's life experiences. (e.g. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN) |
| Blank verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Caesura | A pause, metrical or rhetorical, occuring somewhere in a line of poetry. |
| Canon | Literary works generally accepted as the great ones. |
| Children's novel | A novel written for children. (e.g. TOM SAWYER) |
| Christian novel | A novel either explicitly or implicitly informed by Christian faith and often containing a plot revolving around the Christian life, evangelism, or conversion stories. (e.g. CHRISTY, PERELANDRA) |
| Coming-of-age story | A type of novel where the protagonist is initiated into adulthood throughknowledge, experience, or both, often by a process of disillusionment |
| burlesque | A work designed to ridicule a style, literary form or subject matter. The trivial is discussed in exalted terms--e.g., a parody. |
