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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| fable | /x | Noun, Noun |
| fabrication | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| nonfiction | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| novels | /x | Noun |
| fantasy | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| literature | /xxx | Noun |
| poetry | /xx | Noun |
| literary | /xxx | Noun |
| science | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| narrative | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| prose | / | Noun, Adjective |
| anthology | x/xx | Noun |
| stories | /x | Noun |
| memoirs | /x | Noun |
| erotica | x/xx | Noun |
| writing | /x | Noun, Verb |
| books | / | Noun |
| romance | x/ | Noun |
| storytelling | /xxx | Noun |
| novelist | /xx | Noun |
| fictive | /x | Adjective |
| autobiographies | xxx/xx | Noun |
| genre | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mythology | x/xx | Noun |
| novella | x/x | Noun |
| journalism | /xxx | Noun |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| paranormal | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| reality | x/xx | Noun |
| faction | /x | Noun |
| fan fiction | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| scene | / | Noun |
| science fiction | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| short story | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| procedural | x/xx | Adjective |
| slipstream | /x | Noun |
| alternate history | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| biography | x/xx | Noun |
| roman à clef | /xx | Name, Name |
| romantic comedy | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| historical novel | x/xx/x | Name, Name |
| playwriting | /xx | Noun |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| pseudonym | /xx | Noun |
| fairy tale | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| intrigue | x/ | Noun |
| lore | / | Noun |
| farce | / | Noun |
| horror story | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| heist | / | Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| comic | /x | Adjective |
| fluff | / | Noun |
| fusion | /x | Noun |
| serial | /xx | Noun |
| scenario | x/xx | Noun |
| script | / | Noun |
| slash | / | Noun |
| backstory | /xx | Noun |
| fantasia | x/x | Noun |
| horror | /x | Noun |
| cyberpunk | /x/ | Adjective |
| naturalist | /xxx | Adjective |
| subgenre | /x | Noun |
| astounding | x/x | Verb |
| dystopian | //xx | Adjective |
| detective | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| postmodern | x/x | Adjective |
| leavis | /x | Name |
| realist | /xx | Adjective |
| escapist | x/x | Adjective |
| fact | / | Adjective, Noun |
| picaresque | xx/ | Adjective |
| serialized | /xxx | Verb |
| epistolary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| stranger | /x | Noun |
| documentary | xx/xx | Noun |
| heroines | /xx | Noun |
| regionalist | /xxx | Adjective |
| futuristic | xx/x | Adjective |
| trashy | /x | Adjective |
| history | /xx | Adjective |
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| unsolicited | xx/xx | Adjective |
| gothic | /x | Adjective |
| writer | /x | Noun |
| masterpieces | /xxx | Noun |
| supernatural | xx/xx | Noun |
| hypertext | /xx | Adjective |
| modernist | /xx | Adjective |
| forecast | /x | Noun |
| craft | / | Noun |
| staple | /x | Noun |
| prize | / | Noun |
| conrad | /x | Name |
| utopian | x/xx | Adjective |
| victorian | x/xx | Adjective |
| speculative | /xxx | Adjective |
| protagonists | x/xx | Noun |
| poetics | x/x | Noun |
| formulaic | xx/x | Adjective |
| romantic | x/x | Adjective |
| armstrong | /x | Name |
| edwardian | x/xx | Adjective |
| existentialist | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sensational | x/xx | Adjective |
| award | x/ | Noun |
| classic | /x | Noun |
| poe | / | Name |
| mimetic | //x | Adjective |
| goodman | /x | Name |
| improbable | x/xx | Adjective |
| yiddish | /x | Adjective |
| sift | / | Verb |
| works | / | Noun |
| polite | x/ | Adjective |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| publishing | /xx | Verb |
| naturalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| pornographic | xx/x | Adjective |
| imaginative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| essays | x/ | Noun |
| disguised | x/ | Verb |
| chivalric | /xx | Adjective |
| convenient | x/x | Adjective |
| stuff | / | Noun |
| guise | / | Noun |
| acclaimed | x/ | Adjective |
| assumption | x/x | Noun |
| authored | /x | Adjective |
| canard | x/ | Noun |
| cinema | /xx | Noun |
| clash | / | Noun, Verb |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| entertaining | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| falsehood | /x | Noun |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hagiographic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| highbrow | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| imagination | xxx/x | Noun |
| invention | x/x | Noun |
| lie | / | Verb, Noun |
| melodramas | /xxx | Noun |
| mirage | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| myth | / | Noun |
| offbeat | // | Adjective, Noun |
| phantasy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| plays | / | Verb, Noun |
| portrayal | x/x | Noun |
| presumption | x/x | Noun |
| pretence | x/ | Noun |
| pseudonymous | /xxx | Adjective |
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| roman | /x | Name, Adjective |
| shadow | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| sham | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| space | / | Noun, Verb |
| truth | / | Noun, Verb |
| unreal | x/ | Adjective |
| untrue | x/ | Adjective |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
