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Forms of verbal arts and literature, including elements used in their performance.
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belief statements
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epigrams
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euphemisms
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maxims
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mottos
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proverbs
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proverbial comparisons
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proverbial exaggerations
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proverbial phrases
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true proverbs
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drama
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drama by emotional function
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comic dramas
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comic sketches
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commedia dell'arte
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tragedies
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tragicomedies
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combat dramas
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folk plays
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historical dramas
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commemorative dramas
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ethnographic theater
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historical reenactments
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religious dramas
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Corpus Christi dramas
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Easter dramas
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las posadas
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los pastores
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mystery plays
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nativity dramas
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pageants (religious dramas)
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purimshpil
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Virgin Mary dramas
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ritual dramas
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seasonal ritual dramas
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solstice dramas
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dramas by character
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dramas by structure
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docudramas
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dramatic monologues
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epic dramas
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skits
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camp skits
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minstrel show skits
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mock weddings
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occupational skits
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school plays
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vaudeville skits
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street plays
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visiting dramas
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mumming dramas
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fine arts drama
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classical Greek dramas
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kabuki
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noh dramas
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folk drama
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modes of dramatic transmission
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masked dramas
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masquerade dramas
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pantomimes
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mimes (drama)
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dumb shows
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puppet plays
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shadow puppet plays
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water puppet plays
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theater studies
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acting (field of study)
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directing (field of study)
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dramaturgy (field of study)
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theater design
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folk narratives
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anecdotes
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epics
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epics by category
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heroic epics
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historical epics
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migration epics
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mock epics
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epics by style
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bylinas
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chansons de geste
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dumas
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toasts (epics)
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literary epics
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oral epics
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Homeric epics
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fables
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fables by category
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apologues
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cautionary tales
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exempla
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moralizing tales
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parables
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fables by structure or transmission
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literary fable
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general narratives
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narratives by structure
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cante fables
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narrative cycles
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histories
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histories by category
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family histories
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labor histories
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life histories
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local histories
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regional histories
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histories by character
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histories by transmission
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material histories
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oral histories
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pictorial histories
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written histories
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jokes
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jokes by category
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ethnic jokes
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obscene jokes
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political jokes
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jokes by structure
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joke cycles
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knock-knock jokes
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narrative jokes
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one-liners
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question jokes
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riddle jokes
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visual jokes
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joking devices
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punch lines
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legends
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legends by category
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antilegends
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contemporary legends
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etiological legends
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fabulates
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historical legends
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local legends
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migratory legends
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mythological legends
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sagas
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saint's legends
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supernatural legends
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legends by character
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alien abduction legends
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ghost legends
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myths
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monomyths
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mythography
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myths by category
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celestial mythology
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eschatological myths
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etiological myths
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myths by character
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coyote myths
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trickster myths
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personal experience narratives
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personal experience narratives by category
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dream narratives
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embarrassing experience stories
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memorates
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narratives of illness
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personal miracle narratives
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religious testimonies
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trauma narratives
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visionary narratives
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tales
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folktales
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Mother Goose tales
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Märchen
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Buchmärchen
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Jack tales
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Kunstmärchen
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Volksmärchen
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novelle
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tales by category
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dialect tales
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etiological tales
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fabliaux (tale)
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merry tales
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supernatural tales
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test tales
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tales by character
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animal tales
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ghost stories
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numbskull tales
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preacher tales
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trickster tales
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tales by structure
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catch tales
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complex tales
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dilemma tales
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formula tales
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literary folktales
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pictorial tales
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simple tales
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unfinished tales
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tall tales
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literary devices
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characters
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actants
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antagonists
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villains (literature)
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caricatures
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characterization
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confidants
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dramatis personae
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flat characters
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foils (literary characters)
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protagonists
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anti-heroes
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round characters
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types (literature)
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literary editing
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emendation
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exegesis
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expurgation
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bowdlerization
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paraphrase
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plagiarism
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textual editing
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textual explication
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textual reconstruction
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textualization
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translation (literary editing)
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literary techniques
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figures of speech
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rhetorical figures of speech
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tenor (figures of speech)
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tropes (figures of speech)
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imagery
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narrative strategies
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techniques of discourse
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techniques of language
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accent (stress)
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archaisms
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bathos
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colloquialism
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consonance
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dissonance
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enjambment
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formulaic speech
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gloss
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initial rhyme
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metre
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onomatopeia
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rhyme
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scansion
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verse
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techniques of narration
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figurative techniques of narration
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frame narratives
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narrative patterns
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techniques of plot
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anagnorisis
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catharsis
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closure
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peripeteia
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techniques of setting
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tableau
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texture
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literature classification schemes
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motifs (classification)
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oikotypes
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oikotypification
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types (classification)
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narration
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discourse (speaking)
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dialogues
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diction
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digressions
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free indirect discourse
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monologues
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plot
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climax
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anticlimax
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crisis
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conflict
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internal conflict
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dénouement
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epilogue
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episodic plots
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flashbacks
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prologues
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resolution
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catastrophe
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rising action
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synopsis
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point of view
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first-person narratives
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unreliable narrator
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second-person narratives
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third-person narratives
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omniscient narrators
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setting
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narrative locations
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literary productions
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literary fiction
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adventure fiction
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action-adventure fiction
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erotic fiction
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escape fiction
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fantasy fiction
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gothic fiction
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historical fiction
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horror fiction
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humor fiction
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satirical fiction
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inspirational fiction
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Christian fiction
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mystery fiction
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crime fiction
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detective fiction
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spy fiction
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thrillers
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romantic fiction
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medieval romances
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science fiction
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travel fiction
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Westerns (fiction)
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literary non-fiction
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erotic non-fiction
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informational non-fiction
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self-help non-fiction
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devotional non-fiction
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inspirational non-fiction
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travel literature
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literary periods
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literary productions by structure
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children's literature
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compendiums
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epistolary literature
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image-based literature
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comic books
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graphic novels
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photonovels
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novellas
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novels
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young adult literature
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popular literature
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literary studies
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creative writing (field of study)
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literary criticism
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literary history
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literary transmission
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non-textual literature
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oral literature
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written literature
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literary venues
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literature agents
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editors
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translators (literature)
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writers
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authors
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biographers
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copyists
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copywriters
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essayists
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film writers
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freelance writers
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historians
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humorists
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journalists
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columnists
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reporters
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literary critics
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novelists
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scribes
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speechwriters
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non-textual narratives
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narrative images
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visual contemporary legend
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photoshops
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tall tale postcards
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narrative objects
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scrapbooks
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story baskets
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story cloths
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story scrolls
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competitive oratory
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bluffing
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bullshitting
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liar's contests
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signifying
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talking trash
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taunting
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the dozens
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verbal dueling
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eulogies
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graces
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humorous graces
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heightened speech
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boasting
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complaining
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persuasion
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yelling
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cries
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laments
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last words
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nonsense orations
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occupational oratory
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auctioneer chants
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carnival pitches
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preaching
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race calling
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spieling
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street cries
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recitations
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declamations
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prose recitations
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verse recitations
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toasts (oratory)
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verbal aggression
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verbal abuse
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verbal threats
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poetry
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poetry by category
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metaphysical poetry
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metapoetry
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nonsense rhymes
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parody rhymes
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mock rhymes
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pastoral poetry
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poetry by function
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children's rhymes
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action rhymes
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dance rhymes
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drinking rhymes
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elegies
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epithalamiums
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love poetry
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mnemonic rhymes
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alphabet rhymes
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number-counting rhymes
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times table rhymes
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praise poetry
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protest poetry
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rhymed advice
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rhymed insults
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rhymed retorts
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rhymes of derision
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ritual poetry
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belief rhymes
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divination verse
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prophetic rhymes
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religious poetry
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ritual lament poetry
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work poetry
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cowboy poetry
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fisher poetry
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poetry by structure
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lyric poetry
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blank verse
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doggerel
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dub poetry
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epigrams (lyric poetry)
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fabliaux (poetry)
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free verse
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haiku
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limericks
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macaronic verse
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odes
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sonnets
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narrative poetry
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ballad poetry
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epic poetry
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lays
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rap poetry
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poetry by transmission
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oral poetry
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spoken word poetry
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visual poetry
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concrete poetry
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written poetry
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autograph book rhymes
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computer poetry
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grave marker verses
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memoria
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song
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rumors
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gossip
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verbal play
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insults
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retorts
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sarcastic interrogatives
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wisecracks
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language games
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mnemonics
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play languages
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false dialects
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Pig Latin
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puns
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punning quotations
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spoonerisms
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tongue twisters
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non-verbal riddles
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graphic puzzles
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droodles
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orthographic puzzles
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acrostics
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all-letter sentences
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crossword puzzles
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over and under sentences
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palindromes
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rebuses
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puzzles
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riddles
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brainteasers
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conundrums
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initialism riddles
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neck riddles
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nonsense language riddles
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riddling questions
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catch questions
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wisdom questions
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true riddles
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speech play
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question guessing games
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written traditions
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correspondence writings
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NT3
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business letters
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NT4
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reference letters
NT4
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resignation letters
NT3
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complaint letters
NT3
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cover letters
NT3
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fan mail
NT3
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greeting cards
NT3
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hate mail
NT3
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last letters before death
NT3
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love letters
NT3
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open letters
NT3
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retraction letters
NT2
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electronic writings
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e-books
NT3
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e-journals (academic)
NT3
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email
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NT4
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text messages
NT3
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instant messages
NT3
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listservs
NT3
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websites
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NT4
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blogs
NT4
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webpages
NT4
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wikis
NT2
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graffiti
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NT3
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epitaphs
NT3
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latrinalia
NT2
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grey literature
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NT3
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academic essays
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NT4
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dissertations
NT4
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theses
NT3
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booklets
NT3
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memoranda
NT3
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trade literature
NT3
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written reports
NT2
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memorial writings
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NT3
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death notices
NT3
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necrologies
NT3
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obituaries
NT2
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narrative accounts
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NT3
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chronicles
NT3
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diaries
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NT4
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field diaries
NT3
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journals (personal)
NT2
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self-published writings
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NT3
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fan fiction
NT3
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hand made signs
NT3
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zines
NT2
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signatory writings
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autograph albums
NT3
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pledges
Date of creation
26-Nov-2007
Accepted term
26-Nov-2007
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literary fiction
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literary techniques
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