Meaning | imaginative or creative writing. |
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Synonym | literary composition |
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Narrower | acrostic | verse / verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message |
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belles-lettres, belles lettres | creative writing valued for esthetic content |
dialogue, dialog | A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people |
fiction | A literary work based on the imagination / imagination and not necessarily on fact |
fictionalization, fictionalisation | 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 pot) |
tushery | writing of poor quality |
Broader | writing, written material, piece of writing | The work of a writer |
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Spanish | composición literaria, obra literaria |
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Catalan | composició literària |
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