Epic definition

A long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroesof great historical or legendary impo rtance perform valorousdeeds. The setting is vast in scope, covering great nations, theworld, or the univ erse, and the action is important to the historyof a nation or people. The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aen eid aresome great epics from world literature, and two great epics inEnglish are Beowulf and Paradise Lost. Folklore the unwritten literature of a people as expressed in folk tales,proverbs, riddles, songs, Etc. the body of stories and legends attached to a particular place,group, activity, etc: H ollywood folklore ; rugby folklore the anthropological discipline concerned with the study offolkloric materials

Fiction
Literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact,though it may be based on a true sto ry or situation. Types ofliterature in the fiction genre include the novel, short story, andnovella. The word is from the Latin fictio, "the act of making, fashioning, or molding." Non-fiction The branch of literature comprising works of narrative prosedealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon factsand reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama). Oral literature

Stories that are or have been transmitted in spoken form, such as public recitation, rather than through writing or printing. Some ancient stories from oral traditions were not written down as literary works until the 19th century, such as the Finnish Kalevala (183549); many fairy tales, such as those collected in Germany by the Grimm brothers, also come into this category. Much of this sort of folk literature may have been consciously embellished and altered, as happened in 19th-century Europe for nationalistic purposes.
Absurd Utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contraryto all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation. the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world. Compassion A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

Emphaty

The intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or

work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: Bymeans of empathy, a great paint ing becomes a mirror of the self.

Symphaty

Harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons oron the part of one perso n with respect to another. the harmony of feeling naturally existing between persons oflike tastes or opinion o r of congenial dispositions. the fact or power of sharing the feelings of another,especially in sorrow or trouble; f ellow feeling, compassion, orcommiseration.
sympathies,

a.feelings or impulses of compassion. b.feelings of favor, support, or loyalty: It's hard to tellwhere your sympathies lie. Soliloquy
an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking tohimself or herself or is disreg ardful of or oblivious to anyhearers present (often used as a device in drama to disc losea character's innermost thoughts): Hamlet's soliloquy beginswith To be or not to be.

the act of talking while or as if alone. Monologue

A form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the likeby a single speaker: a co median's monologue. a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, especiallyone dominating or mon opolizing a conversation. any composition, as a poem, in which a single person speaksalone. a part of a drama in which a single actor speaks alone;soliloquy.

Satire

the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing,denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human follyand vice are held up t o scorn, derision, or ridicule. a literary genre comprising such compositions.

Simile A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as. Dactylic A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented or of one long syllable followed by two short, as in flattery. A finger, toe, or similar part or structure; a digit. Methapor A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" (Shakespeare). One thing

conceived as representing another; a symbol: "Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven" (Neal Gabler). Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or character toinanimate objects or abstract not ions, especially as arhetorical figure. the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of aperson, as in art. the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; anembodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact. an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured torepresent a thing or abstrac tion. the act of personifying.

Apostrophe The word derives from the Latin word 'apostrophus' meaning ' turning away'. Plural: apostrophes. An apostrophe is also a punctuation mark which is used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word. The definition of the Apostrophe as a rhetorical device is as follows: Definition: A rhetorical device which is used to directly address an absent or imaginary person or object as if alive and present and could reply. Addressing an abstract idea or nonhuman object, often begins with the exclamation "O" or "Oh" Example: "Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are?"