Working with texts - Vocabulary M-Z

Here you will find words which are very useful while working with texts.

This list is not complete.
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General words

M
main / principal / central idea
main character/ principal character
main part
main plot
monologue
N
narrator
novel
O
outlook
P
paragraph, section
plot
position
pun / play on words
R
repetition
report, account
S
setting
short story
speech sound
stanza / verse
starting point
stress / emphasis on
stylistic device / stylistic means
subheading
subject-matter
subplot
summary
survey
sympathy
T
the text says that
thesis/theses
this word evokes
to agree with somebody/someone
to emphasize / to underline / to stress
to play an important role
to relate to
to rhyme
to say that / to think that / to believe that / to have the opinion that / to take the view
transition

This list was written by Ulrike Schroedter. Thanks to Florian.