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Terms for subject Literature (1001 entries)

tale	A type of short story that is largely concentrated on action, rather than characterisation or atmosphere. Tales are generally oral, opposed to written.
Talk Is Power	TIP
tanka	Similar to the haiku, the tanka is a type of Japanese poetry. It contains thirty-one syllables set in five lines of five / seven / five / seven / seven syllables.
technique	Similar to style, this term refers to the specific craft and method used by a writer.
Ted Hughes	Born on 17 August 1930 in Yorkshire, England, Ted Hughes was a celebrated poet and writer of children’s books. The struggle between the beauty and violence in the natural world was a concern which Hughes explored in his work. His work includes the Crow (1970) and The Iron Man (1968) He died on 28 October 1998. He was married to SylviaPlath.
tenor	In linguistics, it refers to the participants in a text and their relationship to each other.
tense	Grammatical tense is a temporal linguistic quality expressing the time at, during, or over which a state or action denoted by a verb occurs.
tension	A mood that transpires from any conflict within a text or play.
tercet	A three-line stanza in a poem, or simply three-lines of a poem, that normally rhymes in an AAA or ABA scheme. It is sometimes called a triplet.
tetrameter	A line that contains four metrical feet.
text	The term refers to a single work of literature, such as a particular poem, essay, short story.
textual criticism	The analysis of any work of literature.
The Admiral's Men	A company of Elizabethan actors directed by Henslowe, who were rivals to The Lord Chamberlain 's Men (later The King's Men) Shakespeare wrote for both parties.
villain	the bad person in a work of fiction, often the main antagonist of the hero
originality	the employment of inventive or pioneering writing, whilst rejecting conventional or imitative writing. Originality can be in form or subject matter. In modern day literature originality appears to be more important than in the past.
the fair unknown	A character found in Grail stories and Arthurian legend.
hero	the leading character or protagonist in a narrative. Generally, in modern terminology, the hero is good and male. A female hero is called a heroine. The opposite of the hero is the anti-hero.
The League City Toastmasters Club	TLC
The National Speakers Association	NSA
the nine Muses	From Greek mythology, it was believed that they inspired the creation of art and literature.