1. Abstract (সারাংশ): A summary of any piece of written work
2. Allegory (রূপক): A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
3. Allusion (পরোক্ষ উল্লেখ): An implicit reference
4. Analogy (সাদৃশ্য): A word or thing similar or parallel to another
5. Anecdote (সংক্ষিপ্ত কিন্তু মজার গল্প): A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
6. Anthem (জাতীয় সংগীত): A national song
7. Anthology (সংকলন): Collection of different writings
8. Antagonist (প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী): A person who actively opposes to someone.
9. Assonance (স্বরস্বাদৃশ্য): When the pronunciation of a vowel is repeated without the pronunciation of a consonant sound, it is called assonance.
(ব্যঞ্জন ধ্বনির উচ্চারণ ব্যতীত স্বরধ্বনির উচ্চারণের পুনরাবৃত্তি ঘটলে তাকে Assonance কিংবা স্বরস্বাদৃশ্য বলে।)
10. Auto-Biography (আত্মজীবনী): A story of a person's life, written by the person himself
11. Ballad (প্রাচীন কোনো কাহিনী সংবলিত সাদামাটা গান বা কবিতা, গাথা): A ballad is a song that tells a story and originally was a musical accompaniment to a dance.
12. Bibliography (গ্রন্থতালিকা): A list of books, essays and monographs on a subject, or a list of the works of a particular author.
13. Biography (জীবনী, জীবন-ইতিহাস): An account of someone's life written by someone else
14. Blank Verse (অমিত্রাক্ষর): Verse without rhyme.
15. Brochure (পুস্তিকা): A pamphlet or comparably short work which is stitched, not bound.
16. Burlesque (ব্যঙ্গাত্মক রচনা): A literary or dramatic work intended to excite laughter by extravagant contrast or caricature.
17. Caesura (কবিতার পঙক্তির মাঝখানে যতি/বিরতি; ছন্দোযতি): A pause near the middle of a line in modern verse.
18. Caricature (কৌতুক বা পরিহাসের উদ্দেশ্যে আঁকা ব্যঙ্গচিত্র): A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
19. Catastrophe (বিপর্যয়): Tragic end of dramatic events.
20. Climax (কাহিনী, নাটক প্রভৃতির গুরুত্বক্রমের শেষ ধাপ, চরম পরিণতি): The point of the highest action, a plot at the height.
21. Comedy (মিলনাত্মক বা হাস্যরসাত্মক নাটক): Comedy is a play to entertain its audiences with a happy ending.
22. Conceit (আত্ম অহমিকা): Excessive pride in oneself.
23. Couplet (দ্বিপদী; কবিতার অন্ত্যমিল বিশিষ্ট ও সমানমাপের দুইটি চরণ): Two lines of verse which is usually joined by rhyme.
24. Colloquialism (আঞ্চলিক/কথ্য শব্দ): A form of speech used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
25. Diction (শব্দচয়ন): The choice of words of an Author.
26. Elegy (শোকগাথা): A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
27. Epic (মহাকাব্য): An epic is a long narrative poem, on a grand scale, about the deeds of warriors and heroes.
28. Epilogue (নাটকের শেষ বক্তব্য/কবিতা): A poem or speech at the end of a play
29. Epitaph (সমাধিলিপি): Inscription on a tomb or a monument in memory of a person.
30. Exemplary (দৃষ্টান্তমূলক): A story that conveys a useful lesson.
31. Eulogy (উচ্চপ্রশংসা): Expressing high praise of somebody.
32. Euphemism (সুভাষণ): A pleasant word; inoffensive expression.
33. Fable (নীতিগল্প, পশুপাখির উপাখ্যান): A traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with animals as characters.
34. Fantasy (কল্পনা): An imaginary story.
35. Farce (প্রহসন, হাস্যরসাত্মক নাটিকা): Dramatic work with exaggerated actions merely to excite laughter.
36. Hexameter (ষটপদী): A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet.
37. Hymn (ঈশ্বরবন্দনামূলক গান): Song in praise of God.
38. Idiolect (ভাষাজ্ঞান, স্ব-ভাষা): The speech habits peculiar to a particular person
39. Irony (বিদ্রূপ, বেত্রাঘাত): The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
40. Jargon (পারিভাষিক বা বিশিষ্টার্থক শব্দ): Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
41. Jingle (অনুপ্রাসবহুল শব্দ): Usually a verse or verses with a catchy rhythm, emphatic rhyme and alliteration
42. Lay (চারণ কবির গান; গাথা): A short lyric or narrative poem meant to be sung
43. Lampoon (কাউকে ব্যঙ্গ করে রচিত কোনো লেখা): A piece of satire
44. Limerick (কৌতুকপূর্ণ পঞ্চপদী ছড়া): A short and a five-line fun poem with a distinctive rhythm.
45. Lyric (গীতিকবিতা): A short poem of musical quality
46. Lullaby/Cradle Song (ঘুমপাড়ানি গান): A soft gentle song sung to make a child go to sleep.
47. Manifesto (প্রকাশ্য লিখিত ঘোষণা): A public declaration, usually of political, religious
48. Machiavellian (কৌশলী; ব্যক্তিস্বার্থ হাসিলকারী বা স্বার্থান্বেষী ব্যক্তি): Cunning, unscrupulous character in a play, (A Selfish Character)
49. Memoir (স্মৃতিকথা): A memoir is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private, that took place in the subject's life.
50. Monologue (স্বগতোক্তি): A long speech in a play spoken by one actor especially when alone
51. Myth (পুরাণ): A story from ancient times, especially one that was told to explain natural events or to describe the early history of a people.
52. Octave (অষ্টক): A group of stanza of eight lines
53. Ode (কবিতা বিশেষ, গাথা কবিতা): A classical poem of a kind originally meant to be sung
54. Pamphlet (ক্ষুদ্র পুস্তিকা): A very thin book with a paper cover, containing information about a particular subject
55. Panegyric (প্রশংসাসূচক রচনা/স্তুতি): Something written or spoken in praise of a distinguished person or event
56. Paradox (আপাত দৃষ্টিতে স্ববিরোধী মনে হলেও সত্যবর্জিত নয়): Contradictory features or statement Example: I am nobody/Be cruel to be kind/The beginning of the end.
57. Parody (অন্য কারো রচনার ভাষা ও ভঙ্গি অনুকরণ করে রচিত ব্যঙ্গরসাত্মক রচনা): An Imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
58. Pathos (করুণ রস): A quality that evokes pity
59. Pentameter (পঞ্চপদী): A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet
60. Philology (ভাষাবিজ্ঞান): Science of languages
61. Play (নাটক): A dramatic work designed to be presented on a stage
62. Poetry (কাব্য): It is comprehensive term which can be taken to cover any kind of metrical composition
63. Psalm (ধর্মসংগীত/স্তুতিগীত): A sacred song or hymn
64. Quatrain (৪ লাইনের পদ্য): A stanza of four lines rhymed or unrhymed
65. Quinzain (১৫ লাইনের পদ্য): A fifteen-line stanza
66. Recto and Verso (ডান ও বাম পৃষ্ঠা): The recto is the right-hand page book; the verso the left-hand page
67. Sarcasm (শ্লেষোক্তি): Sarcasm is a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remarks
68. Septet (সপ্তক): A seven-line stanza
69. Sexain (ষষ্টক): A six-line stanza, also known variously as a sixain, sextain, sextet, sestet and hexastich
70. Sonnet (চতুর্দশপদী কবিতা): A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
71. Stanza (স্তবক): A group of lines in a poem
72. Tale (গল্প): A narrative written in prose or verse or spoken
73. Tragedy (বিয়োগান্তক নাটক): The imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself
74. Yarn (গল্প): A story or tale
