LIT TERMS #6

simile: literary technique to describe things in comparison using like or as
 

soliloquy: a speech given by one character to oneself
 

spiritual: a higher or “other” feeling giving that goes beyond  ones senses
 

speaker: who is telling the text, who is auditing the story
 

stereotype: a label or category given to a person based on common trends that may or may not be relevant to race and preference.
 

stream of consciousness: Performative utterance. A way of writing without a filter about what is going on in one’s mind.
 

structure: how the story is set up.
 

style: the technique to how an author writes
 

subordination: to place in a lower rank
 

surrealism: create potential of the unconscious mind
 

suspension of disbelief: human interest and truth blended into truth
 

symbol: something that refers to a bigger meaning
 

synesthesia: a senses impression
 

synecdoche: part is made to represent a whole
 

syntax: how a sentence is written to create a deeper meaning
 

theme: what is a common occurring subject that comes up
 

thesis: a sentence or two that describes the summarizes the selection
 

tone: the voice in which an author is writing in.
 

tongue in cheek: not meaning what is written
 

tragedy: dramatic type of event that shocks both audience and characters in story
understatement: stating something that doesn’t add up to the full potential of a subject
 

vernacular: the spoken language
 

voice: who is speaking and what are they trying to say
 

zeitgeist: spirit or mood of a period through beliefs and ideas