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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fiction | /x | Noun |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun, Noun |
| parable | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| fabrication | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| folktale | /x | Noun |
| myth | / | Noun |
| retelling | x/x | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| mythological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| mythic | /x | Adjective |
| fairy | /x | Noun |
| storybook | /xx | Noun |
| mythology | x/xx | Noun |
| fantasia | x/x | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| apocryphal | x/xx | Name |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| fanciful | /xx | Adjective |
| folklore | /x | Noun |
| dramatization | xxx/x | Noun |
| cautionary | /xxx | Adjective |
| fantasy | /xx | Noun |
| fantastical | x/xx | Adjective |
| conceit | x/ | Noun |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun |
| ditty | /x | Noun |
| arthurian | x/xx | Name |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| moralizing | /xxx | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| elegy | /xx | Noun |
| falsehood | /x | Noun |
| maxim | /x | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| saga | /x | Noun |
| lore | / | Noun |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| trickster | /x | Noun |
| nonsense | /x | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| classic | /x | Noun |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| prologue | /x | Noun |
| fictive | /x | Adjective |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| telltale | /x | Adjective |
| fairy tale | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| faction | /x | Noun |
| fairy story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| play | / | Noun |
| horror story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| romance | x/ | Noun |
| comic | /x | Adjective |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| foil | / | Noun |
| vignette | x/ | Noun |
| storytelling | /xxx | Noun |
| short story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| pseudonym | /xx | Noun |
| plot | / | Noun |
| mime | / | Noun |
| simulation | xx/x | Noun |
| masquerade | xx/ | Noun |
| puppetry | /xx | Noun |
| song and dance | /// | Phrase, Noun |
| cartoon | x/ | Noun |
| follies | /x | Noun |
| franchise | /x | Noun |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| fan fiction | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| mask | / | Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| serial | /xx | Noun |
| storyline | /xx | Noun |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| roman à clef | /xx | Name, Name |
| slipstream | /x | Noun |
| aesop | /x | Name |
| midas | /x | Name |
| bees | / | Noun |
| grasshopper | /xx | Noun |
| tortoise | /x | Noun |
| fontaine | x/ | Name |
| mandeville | /xx | Name |
| stork | / | Noun |
| ant | / | Noun |
| prometheus | x/xx | Name |
| cupid | /x | Name |
| reapers | /x | Noun |
| hare | / | Noun |
| proteus | /xx | Name |
| frog | / | Noun |
| agrippa | x/x | Name |
| ovidian | x/xx | Adjective |
| stag | / | Noun |
| fox | / | Noun |
| imposture | x/x | Noun |
| lark | / | Noun |
| icarus | /xx | Name |
| grecian | /x | Adjective |
| resounds | x/ | Verb |
| narcissus | x/x | Noun |
| orpheus | /xx | Name |
| scorpion | /xx | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| goose | / | Noun |
| hindoo | /x | Adjective |
| sisyphus | //x | Name |
| wolf | / | Noun |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| blasphemous | /xx | Adjective |
| lion | /x | Noun |
| belly | /x | Noun |
| materiality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| donkey | /x | Noun |
| hercules | /xx | Name |
| crow | / | Noun |
| dwarf | / | Noun |
| atlantis | x/x | Name |
| gaudy | /x | Adjective |
| hawk | / | Noun |
| spider | /x | Noun |
| sphinx | / | Noun |
| critics | /x | Noun |
| concocted | x/x | Verb |
| traveller | /xx | Noun |
| ballad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cameo | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| canard | x/ | Noun |
| canto | /x | Noun |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| children | /x | Verb |
| conte | / | Name |
| discourse | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| genus | /x | Noun |
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun |
| lecture | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lesson | /x | Noun, Verb |
| letter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| number | /x | Noun, Verb |
| pace | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pack | / | Noun, Verb |
| pastoral | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| plate | / | Noun, Verb |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| psalm | / | Noun, Verb |
| sermon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| song | / | Noun |
| sonnet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
