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abridge
verb
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abridged
adjective
c2
abridgement
noun
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acrostic
noun
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adapt
verb
b2
addendum
noun
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advice columnist
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Afrofuturism
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Afrofuturist
noun
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Afrofuturist
adjective
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afterword
noun
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agony aunt
noun
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allegorical
adjective
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allegory
noun
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alliteration
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anapaest
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anecdote
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antagonist
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anti-hero
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appendix
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arc
noun
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artistic/poetic licence
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author
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author
verb
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autobiographical
adjective
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autobiography
noun
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backstory
noun
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baddy
noun
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bard
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beginning
noun
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believable
adjective
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bestseller
noun
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binding
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biographer
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biography
noun
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blank verse
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blogger
noun
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blurb
noun
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book
noun
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caesura
noun
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canonical
adjective
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canto
noun
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caption
noun
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chapter
noun
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character
noun
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characterization
noun
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chick lit
noun
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chronicle
verb
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classic
noun
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co-author
verb
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co-author
noun
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co-authorship
noun
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codex
noun
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collaborator
noun
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column
noun
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columnist
noun
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comic
adjective
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comic strip
noun
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commentator
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commission
verb
b2
compose
verb
c1
conceit
noun
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concise
adjective
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conclusion
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corny
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correspondent
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couplet
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cover
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critic
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cyberpunk
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dactyl
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depict
verb
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description
noun
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dialogue
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diarist
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dictate
verb
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dime novel
noun
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direct speech
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doggerel
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draft
verb
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dramatic monologue
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dramatist
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e-book
noun
b2
edgy
adjective
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edit
verb
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edition
noun
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editor
noun
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elegiac couplet
noun
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elegy
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end
noun
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ending
noun
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enjambement
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entry
noun
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epic
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epigram
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epigraph
noun
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epilogue
noun
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episode
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e-reader
noun
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erratum
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essayist
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excerpt
noun
b1
fable
noun
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fairy tale
noun
b1
fantasy
noun
b2
fanzine
noun
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far-fetched
adjective
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fiction
noun
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first person
noun
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flowery
adjective
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folio
noun
c2
folk tale
noun
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foot
noun
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footnote
noun
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foreword
noun
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free verse
noun
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frontispiece
noun
c2
gatefold
noun
c2
get into print
idiom
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ghost story
noun
b1
ghostwrite
verb
c2
ghostwriter
noun
c2
gloss
verb
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glossary
noun
b1
gnome
noun
c2
goodie
noun
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goody
noun
c2
graphic novel
noun
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gripping
adjective
c1
hack
noun
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hagiographer
noun
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hagiography
noun
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haiku
noun
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hardback
noun
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hardcover
noun
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heart-rending
adjective
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heavy
adjective
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hero
noun
a2
heroic couplet
noun
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heroine
noun
a2
hexameter
noun
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highbrow
adjective
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historian
noun
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historical
adjective
b1
horror story
noun
b1
humorist
noun
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hyperbole
noun
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iamb
noun
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iambus
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illustrate
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illustrator
noun
b2
image
noun
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imagery
noun
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index
noun
b2
indirect speech
noun
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inscription
noun
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inspiration
noun
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inspire
verb
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internal rhyme
noun
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introduction
noun
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jacket
noun
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jot down
phrasal verb
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journal
noun
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journalist
noun
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labored
adjective
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laboured
adjective
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lament
noun
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lampoon
verb
c2
lampoon
noun
c2
leaf
noun
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leaflet
noun
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legend
noun
b2
leitmotif
noun
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letter
noun
a1
lexicographer
noun
c2
librettist
noun
c2
light
adjective
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limerick
noun
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limited edition
noun
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line
noun
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literary
adjective
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literature
noun
b1
love interest
noun
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lowbrow
adjective
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lurid
adjective
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lyricism
noun
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lyricist
noun
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magazine
noun
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magnum opus
noun
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mannered
adjective
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man of letters
noun
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margin
noun
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marginalia
noun
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masterpiece
noun
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masterwork
noun
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melodrama
noun
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message
noun
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meta
adjective
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metaphor
noun
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metre
noun
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miscellanea
noun
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monograph
noun
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monologue
noun
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motif
noun
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moving
adjective
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muse
noun
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mystery
noun
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myth
noun
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narration
noun
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narrative
noun
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narrator
noun
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naturalistic
adjective
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novel
noun
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novelist
noun
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novella
noun
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ode
noun
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oeuvre
noun
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original
adjective
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pacey
adjective
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pacy
adjective
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page
noun
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page-turner
noun
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pamphlet
noun
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pamphleteer
noun
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paper
noun
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paperback
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parable
noun
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parody
noun
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parody
verb
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passage
noun
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pen
verb
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pen name
noun
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pentameter
noun
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photonovel
noun
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picaresque
adjective
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pictorial
adjective
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playwright
noun
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plot
noun
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plot
verb
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plot hole
noun
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poem
noun
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poet
noun
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poetic
adjective
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poetics
noun
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poetry
noun
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potboiler
noun
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potted
adjective
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preamble
noun
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preface
noun
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print
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prolix
adjective
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prolixity
noun
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proofread
verb
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proofreader
noun
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prose
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prose poem
noun
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prosody
noun
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protagonist
noun
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psalm
noun
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publication
noun
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publish
verb
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publisher
noun
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publishing
noun
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quatrain
noun
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quotation
noun
b1
quote
verb
b1
racy
adjective
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rambling
adjective
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raunchy
adjective
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readable
adjective
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realistic
adjective
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report
noun
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reporter
noun
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review
noun
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review
verb
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reviewer
noun
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rhyme
noun
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rhyme
verb
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romance
noun
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saga
noun
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satire
noun
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satirist
noun
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satirize
verb
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scansion
noun
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science fiction
noun
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sci-fi
noun
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screenwriter
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scribble
verb
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script
verb
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scriptwriter
noun
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second person
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self-referential
adjective
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sequel
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set book
noun
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set text
noun
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setting
noun
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short story
noun
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sketch
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slam
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songwriter
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sonnet
noun
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spine
noun
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spine-chilling
adjective
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spoken word
noun
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stanza
noun
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story
noun
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storyline
noun
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storyteller
noun
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storytelling
noun
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strip cartoon
noun
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style
noun
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stylistic
adjective
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subject matter
noun
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subplot
noun
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subtitle
noun
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superhero
noun
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supervillain
noun
c1
suspenseful
adjective
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symbolic
adjective
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tale
noun
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taut
adjective
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tension
noun
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text
noun
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theme
noun
b1
third person
noun
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thriller
noun
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title
noun
a1
title page
noun
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tragedian
noun
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tragedy
noun
b2
tragic
adjective
c1
trilogy
noun
c1
true crime
noun
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turgid
adjective
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twist
noun
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typeset
verb
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typesetter
noun
c2
typesetting
noun
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unputdownable
adjective
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unreadable
adjective
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verse
noun
c1
versification
noun
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villain
noun
b2
vivid
adjective
b2
volume
noun
b2
whodunnit
noun
c2
wordsmith
noun
c2
work
noun
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write
verb
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writer
noun
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writing
noun
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yarn
noun
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young adult
adjective
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