Literary Terms - V, W

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Any of the four collections forming the earliest body of Indian scripture	Vedas
The appearance of being true or real	Verisimilitude
A type of jargon language used by verbocrats, and thus dear to bureaucrats and semi-literate officials of all kinds	Verbocrap
The artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature; it is a form of realism.	Verism
A character's perspective in the story, perhaps depending on their relationship to power structures, gender or political leanings	Viewpoint
A brief evocative description, account or episode	Vignette

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Rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence	Vowel Rhyme
An act or work which offends social norms	Vulgarity
Willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment	Willing Suspension of Disbelief
A story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end	Whodunnit
The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence	Wit
A novel which focuses on the experiences of proletarians	Working-Class Novel

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