Definitions - Block A

Block A Definitions
1. Myth: a traditional or legendary story
2. Legend: a non historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times
3. Epic: a long narrative poem about a hero
4. Narrative: a narrated account; a story
5. Short Story: a work of fiction that is usually written in prose
6. Folk Tale: a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people
7. Apocalypse: a writing prophesying a cataclysm in which evil forces are destroyed
8. Poetry: metrical writing
9. Love Lyric: the lyric of a personal love song
10. Battle Ode: a poem dedicated to battle
11. Epigram: a short witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
12. Epiphany: a literary work or section of a work presenting usually symbolically such a moment of revelation or insight; a divine manifestation
13. Elegy: a poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person
14. Biography: an account of series of events making up a person’s life
15. Letter: a written message addressed a person or organization
16. Law: a collection of rules imposed by authority
17. Sermon: an address of a religious nature
18. Code: a set of rules or principles or laws
19. Pun: a play on words
20. Liturgy: a form of public worship or ritual
21. Parable: a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson
22. Hymn: a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc.
23. Song: a short musical composition with words
24. Proverb: a pithy popular saying
25. Lament: a cry of sorrow or grief
26. Acrostic: a poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence
27. Oracle: an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a God to an inquiry
28. Joke: something said or done to provoke laughter, especially a brief narrative with a humorous climax
29. Allegory: a symbolic representation