
Literary Terms by MH Abraham
Chapters and lessons
107 lessons
1
Figurative Language
lesson intermediate
2
Rhetorical Figures
lesson intermediate
3
Alliteration
lesson intermediate
4
Onomatopoeia
lesson intermediate
5
Paradox
lesson intermediate
6
Symbol
lesson intermediate
7
Epic Similes
lesson intermediate
8
Refrain
lesson intermediate
9
Imagery
lesson intermediate
10
Epigram
lesson intermediate
1
Ode
lesson intermediate
2
Elegy
lesson intermediate
3
Sonnet
lesson intermediate
4
Epic
lesson intermediate
5
Ballad
lesson intermediate
6
Dramatic Monologue
lesson intermediate
7
Burlesque
lesson intermediate
8
Satire
lesson intermediate
9
Irony
lesson intermediate
10
Comedy, Comedy of Humours, and Comic Relief
lesson intermediate
11
Hyperbole and Understatement
lesson intermediate
12
Epithet
lesson intermediate
13
Drama
lesson intermediate
14
Free Verse
lesson intermediate
15
Genres
lesson intermediate
16
Melodrama
lesson intermediate
17
Tragedy
lesson intermediate
18
Meter
lesson intermediate
19
Tragicomedy
lesson intermediate
20
Soliloquy
lesson intermediate
21
Novel
lesson intermediate
22
Setting
lesson intermediate
23
Gothic Novel
lesson intermediate
24
Myth
lesson intermediate
25
Folklore
lesson intermediate
26
Heroic Couplet
lesson intermediate
27
Heroic Drama
lesson intermediate
28
Short Story
lesson intermediate
29
Problem Play
lesson intermediate
30
Pun
lesson intermediate
31
Miracle Plays, Morality Plays, and Interludes
lesson intermediate
32
Narrative and Narratology
lesson intermediate
33
Naturalism
lesson intermediate
34
Plot
lesson intermediate
35
Rhyme
lesson intermediate
36
Allegory
lesson intermediate
37
Allusion
lesson intermediate
38
Realism
lesson intermediate
39
Antihero
lesson intermediate
40
Antithesis
lesson intermediate
41
Conceit
lesson intermediate
42
Euphemism
lesson intermediate
43
Form and Structure
lesson intermediate
1
Periods of English Literature
lesson intermediate
2
Old English Period
lesson intermediate
3
Middle English Period
lesson intermediate
4
Renaissance
lesson intermediate
5
Elizabethan Age
lesson intermediate
6
Jacobean Age
lesson intermediate
7
Caroline Age
lesson intermediate
8
Commonwealth Period (Puritan Interregnum)
lesson intermediate
9
Restoration
lesson intermediate
10
Augustan Age
lesson intermediate
11
Age of Sensibility
lesson intermediate
12
Neoclassic and Romantic
lesson intermediate
13
Romantic Period
lesson intermediate
14
Victorian Period
lesson intermediate
15
Victorian and Victorianism
lesson intermediate
16
Edwardian Period
lesson intermediate
17
Georgian Period
lesson intermediate
18
Modern Period
lesson intermediate
1
Metaphysical Poets
lesson intermediate
2
Romanticism
lesson intermediate
3
Gothic Novel
lesson intermediate
4
Pre-Raphaelites
lesson intermediate
5
Realism
lesson intermediate
6
Aestheticism
lesson intermediate
7
Symbolist Movement
lesson intermediate
8
Stream of Consciousness
lesson intermediate
9
Modernism and Postmodernism
lesson intermediate
10
Surrealism
lesson intermediate
11
Existentialism
lesson intermediate
1
Pathos
lesson intermediate
2
Absurd, Literature of
lesson intermediate
3
Ambiguity
lesson intermediate
4
Golden Age
lesson intermediate
5
Act and Scene
lesson intermediate
6
Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir
lesson intermediate
7
Bloomsbury Group
lesson intermediate
8
Didactic Literature
lesson intermediate
9
Alienation Effect
lesson intermediate
10
Objective and Subjective
lesson intermediate
11
Blank Verse
lesson intermediate
12
Concrete and Abstract
lesson intermediate
13
Chorus
lesson intermediate
14
Cliché
lesson intermediate
15
Empathy and Sympathy
lesson intermediate
16
Fiction and Truth
lesson intermediate
17
Euphony and Cacophony
lesson intermediate
18
Fine Arts
lesson intermediate
19
Expressionism
lesson intermediate
20
Hypertext
lesson intermediate
21
Stanza
lesson intermediate
22
Three Unities
lesson intermediate
23
Wit, Humor, and the Comic
lesson intermediate
24
Utopias and Dystopias
lesson intermediate
Overview
A comprehensive study of literary terminology, figures of speech, and critical concepts based on MH Abraham's glossary. Essential for exam preparation.
Chapters
6
Lessons
107
Duration
10 weeks
Difficulty
intermediate
Exam focus
UGC NET UPSC PSC NET/JRF
Learning outcomes
- Master essential literary terminology and concepts
- Understand figures of speech and rhetorical devices
- Learn about major literary periods and movements
- Develop vocabulary for literary analysis and criticism
Prerequisites
Basic interest in literature
Includes
107 lessons
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Literary Terms by MH Abraham
A comprehensive glossary of literary terms, figures of speech, and critical concepts. Based on the authoritative reference work by MH Abraham.