Thursday, January 30, 2014

Lit Term #4

interior monologue: a piece of writing expressing a characters inner thoughts

inversion: reversal of the normal order of words


juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect


lyric: of poetry, expressing the writers emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms


magic(al) realism: a genre where magic elements are a natural part in an otherwise realistic environment


metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed): a figure of speech in which a thing is representative or symbolic of something else



metonymy: rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it


modernism: a movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas


monologue: a long speech by one actor in a play or movie


mood: the atmosphere or pervading tone of something such as a piece of literature


motif: a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition


myth: traditional stories or legends


narrative: a spoken or written account of connected events, a story


narrator: a person who narrates a narrative


naturalism: a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail


novelette/novella: a short novel, one that is light and romantic or sentimental in character


omniscient point of view: someone with the view of knowing everything


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: a horse gate used in horse races


parable: a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson (jesus)


paradox: a statement that contradicts itself yet might be true 

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