An artistic and poetic style where meaning may be hidden and have to be interpreted by the reader

A literary technique that highlights the importance of objects instead of ideas

An artistic and poetic style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express ideas, emotions, and states of mind

A type of writing characterized by interest in how ideas can be shaped to represent reality

How symbols are used to represent objects in stories

How words and phrases are constructed into sentences

The spelling rules of a language

A grammatical form popular with Modernist writers

The qualities that make speech or writing comprehensible

Writing that is characterized by its close relationship to speech

The main grammatical element of free verse

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

A philosophy based on the belief that the universe is irrational and meaningless

Writing characterized by strange images and ideas

A philosophy that argues reality is basically unknowable

A belief in the ultimate failure of society to generate order and meaning

A type of writing that is mostly concerned with how the text looks on the page

Use of realistic visual images in writing or poetry

The use of images to reinforce main ideas of a story

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in writing

A writing technique characterized by its interest in lived experience

A style of writing made popular by Romantic and Realist writers

A writing technique that mimics the free, spontaneous nature of thought

A literary devince used to clarify or explain ideas in a story

An indirect reference; a literary technique that uses indirect references to create ideas or associations

An imaginary or fictional object or event

A literary technique that explains the relationship between ideas

A statement that clarifies a symbol or idea in a text

An artistic and literary style characterized by the belief in an underlying social and spiritual order

A type of writing that emphasized personal relationships

An artistic and literary movement that used incongruous, fantastic juxtapositions of ideas and images

A belief that the only way to understand the world was to question it

Rules that explained how to create successful stories and poems

An approach to writing that emphasized the importance of traditional social structures

An approach to writing that focused on craft and construction, rather than viewing literature as the product of divine inspiration

A technique that used regular rules to create predictable texts

A genre of writing that focused more on style than content

A group of French artists and writers who became famous in the 20th century

The leading members of any artistic or literary movement

Artists or works of art that embodied unusual or experimental ideas

Literary movement characterized by experimentation, formalism and a focus on the individual

Literary movement that occurred after World War II

Literary movement that focused on society and the changes brought about by global communication

Literary movement characterized by a focus on social problems and a realistic writing style