Monday, February 9, 2015

Lit Terms IV

interior monologue - exhibits the thoughts passing through the minds of the protagonists
inversion -  the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter
juxtaposition - the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
lyric - expressing the writer’s emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
magic(al) realism - incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction
metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed)
Extended -  comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem
Controlling - metaphor that dominates or organizes an entire poem
Mixed - the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined,
metonymy - a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated
modernism - literary movement prominent after WWI
monologue - a long speech given by a character
mood - what an audience perceives in emotion from a literary work
motif - idea that is constantly presented throughout a work
myth - a traditional story that includes supernatural beings or events
narrative - a report of related events presented to the listeners or readers in words arranged in a logical sequence
narrator - the subject who narrates the story
naturalism - literary movement of extreme realism, it sought to depict everyday reality
novelette/novella - A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
omniscient point of view - A narrator who knows everything about all the characters
onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
oxymoron - a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
pacing - the rhythm and speed in which the story is told by the author
parable - a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
paradox - a statement that apparently contradicts itself but is often true

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