Lit Terms #4

1. interior monologue: a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character; the recording of the internal, emotional experience(s) of an individual; generally the reader is given the impression of overhearing the interior monologue.

2. inversion: words out of order for emphasis
3. juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of a paragraph to contrast with another nearby
4. lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author's innermost thoughts and feelings
5. magic(al) realism: a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with the marvelous or magical
6. metaphor: an analogy that compares two different things imaginatively
- extended: a metaphor that is as extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it
- controlling: a metaphor that runs throughout the piece of work
- mixed: a metaphor that ineffectively blends two or more analogies
7. metonymy: literally "name changing" a device of figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing
8. mode of discourse: argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition
9. modernism: literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology
10. monologue: an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem
11. mood: the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece
12. motif: a recurring feature (name, image, or phrase) in a piece of literature
13. myth: a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world
14. narrative: a story or description of events
15. narrator: one who narrates, or tells, a story
16. naturalism: extreme form of realism
17. novellete/novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical
18. omniscient point of view: knowing all things, usually the third person
19. onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning
20. oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox
21. pacing: rate of movement; tempo
22. parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth
23. paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas