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Arti letterarie / Literary arts

  • La letteratura (The literature)
  • La poesia / La lirica (The poetry / lyric poetry)
  • La narrativa (The fiction)
  • La saggistica (The non-fiction)
  • Il romanzo (The novel)
  • Il racconto / La novella (The short story / Novella)
  • La fiaba / La favola (The fairy tale / fable)
  • Il mito / La leggenda (The myth / legend)
  • L’epica / Il poema epico (The epic poetry)
  • Il sonetto / L’ode / L’elegia (The sonnet / ode / elegy)
  • La prosa poetica (The poetic prose)
  • Il diario / L’autobiografia / Le memorie (The diary / autobiography / memoirs)
  • La biografia (The biography)
  • L’articolo / L’editoriale / Il reportage (The article / editorial / reportage)
  • L’haiku (The haiku)
  • Il giallo / Il noir / Il thriller (The detective story / noir / thriller)
  • La fantascienza / Il fantasy (The science fiction / fantasy)
  • Il romanzo rosa / sentimentale (The romance novel)
  • Il romanzo storico (The historical novel)
  • Il dramma teatrale / La commedia (scritta) [The play / comedy (written)]
  • La sceneggiatura (cinema, TV) [The screenplay (film, TV)]
  • Il copione radiofonico (The radio play script)
  • La letteratura per ragazzi (The children’s literature)
  • La graphic novel (The graphic novel)
  • La filastrocca / La ninna nanna (The nursery rhyme / lullaby)
  • L’aforisma / La massima (The aphorism / maxim)
  • La metafora / La similitudine (The metaphor / simile)
  • L’analogia (The analogy)
  • L’allitterazione / L’assonanza (The alliteration / assonance)
  • La rima (baciata, alternata) [The rhyme (couplet, alternate]
  • Il verso / La strofa (The verse / stanza)
  • Il metro / La sillaba (The meter / syllable)
  • La punteggiatura (The punctuation)
  • Lo stile / Il registro linguistico (The style / linguistic register)
  • La trama / L’intreccio (The plot)
  • I personaggi (protagonista, antagonista) [The characters (protagonist, antagonist)]
  • L’ambientazione (The setting)
  • Il punto di vista (narratore) [The point of view (narrator)]
  • Il climax / Lo scioglimento (The climax / resolution)
  • Il colpo di scena (The plot twist)
  • Il tema / Il messaggio (The theme / message)
  • La penna / La biro / La matita (The pen / ballpoint pen / pencil)
  • La macchina da scrivere (The typewriter)
  • Il computer / Il word processor (The computer / word processor)
  • Il taccuino / Il blocco note (The notebook / notepad)
  • La bozza / La stesura (The draft / version)
  • La revisione / L’editing (The revision / editing)
  • La correzione di bozze (The proofreading)
  • Il manoscritto (The manuscript)
  • Il dattiloscritto (The typescript)
  • Il plagio / L’originalità (The plagiarism / originality)
  • L’ispirazione / Il blocco dello scrittore (The inspiration / writer’s block)

  • Scrivere / Redigere (To write / To draft)
  • Leggere / Sfogliare (To read / To browse)
  • Poetare / Versificare (To write poetry / To versify)
  • Narrare / Raccontare una storia (To narrate / To tell a story)
  • Descrivere / Dipingere a parole (To describe / To paint with words)
  • Inventare / Immaginare (To invent / To imagine)
  • Ispirare / Ispirarsi a.. (To inspire / To be inspired by..)
  • Plagiare / Copiare (To plagiarize / To copy)
  • Revisionare / Correggere (To revise / To correct)
  • Editare / Curare un testo (To edit / To curate a text)
  • Pubblicare / Dare alle stampe (To publish / To print)
  • Incipit / Cominciare (To begin (with an incipit)
  • Concludere / Terminare (To conclude / To end)
  • Sospendere / Creare suspense (To suspend / To create suspense)
  • Caratterizzare / Dare spessore a un personaggio (To characterize / To give depth to a character)
  • Dialogare / Far parlare i personaggi (To write dialogue / To make characters speak)
  • Metaforizzare / Usare figure retoriche (To metaphorize / To use rhetorical devices)
  • Rimare / Far rima (To rhyme)
  • Tradurre / Versare in un’altra lingua (To translate)
  • Commentare / Criticare (To comment / To criticize)
  • Antologizzare / Includere in un’antologia (To anthologize / To include in an anthology)
  • Poetico / Prosaico (Poetic / Prosaic)
  • Narrativo / Descrittivo (Narrative / Descriptive)
  • Lirico / Epico (Lyrical / Epic)
  • Avvincente / Noioso (Gripping / Boring)
  • Complesso / Semplice (Complex / Simple)
  • Profondo / Superficiale (Deep / Superficial)
  • Originale / Derivativo / Banale (Original / Derivative / Banal)
  • Eloquente / Taciuto (Eloquent / Tacit)
  • Romantico / Realistico / Naturalistico (Romantic / Realistic / Naturalistic)
  • Gotico / Horror (Gothic / Horror)
  • Umoristico / Satirico / Ironico (Humorous / Satirical / Ironic)
  • Tragico / Patetico (Tragic / Pathetic)
  • Astruso / Chiaro (Abstruse / Clear)
  • Concise / Prolisso (Concise / Wordy)
  • Fluido / Incespicante (stile) [Fluid / Halting (style)]
  • Evocativo / Piatto (Evocative / Flat)
  • Colto / Popolare (Learned / Popular)
  • Inedito / Pubblicato (Unpublished / Published)
  • Best-seller / Di nicchia (Bestseller / Niche)
  • Immortale / Effimero (Immortal / Ephemeral)

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