literary work

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N 1 literary work - imaginative or creative writing
o . literary composition
u piece of writing, written material, writing -
n the work of a writer; anything expressed inletters of the alphabet (espec
ially when considered from the point of view of style andeffect); "the wr
iting in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writin
g"
acrostic - verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word ormessage
belles lettres, belles-lettres - creative writing valued for esthetic content
dialog, dialogue -
a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has readPlato's
Dialogues in the original Greek"
fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
fictionalisation, fictionalization -
a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction
hagiology - literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
lucubration - a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
pastoral - a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
potboiler -
a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the p
ot)
tushery - writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton
University, Farlex Inc.

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