| Dictionary Term | Cross References |
| aphorism | literary genre, Renaissance Lit., Francis Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne |
| apophthegm | stylistic device, rhetorical device, literary genre, Renaissance Lit., Francis Bacon |
| biography | literary genres, nonfiction prose, Renaissance Lit., Thomas More, Francis Bacon, John Aubrey, Izaak Walton |
| essay | literature genre, general literary history, Renaissance literature, Breton, Bacon, Overbury, Earle, British literary history |
| fancy and imagination | Renaissance lit., Shakespeare play, Francis Bacon, Sidney, British literary history |
| treatise | literature genre, nonfiction prose, Renaissance lit., 18th century lit., 19th century lit., Philip Sidney, Francis Bacon, David Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Bentham, Malthus, Locke |