lit terms list 4

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.
ex. Used in "Only Human" by Tom Holt

Inversion: words out of order for emphasis.
ex. "Where in the world were you!"

Juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of paragraph to contrast with another nearby.
ex. "Heaven and in earth. I heard many things in hell." Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart

Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author’s innermost thoughts and feelings.
ex. Sonnet Number 18 by William Shakespeare

Magic(al) Realism:  a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday  with the marvelous or magical.
ex. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Metaphor(extended, controlling, and mixed): an analogy that compare two different things imaginatively.

        - Extended: a metaphor that is 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.

ex. The snow is a white blanket.

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.
ex. the "pen" stands in for "the written word."

Mode of Discourse:  argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition.
ex. The mode of discourse can be very different between a fiction vs. nonfiction novel.

Modernism:  literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology
ex. Immanuel Kant

Monologue:  an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem.
ex. Hamlet's monologue

Mood:  the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece.
ex. The mood of the novel went from dark to happy by the end.

Motif:  a recurring feature (name, image, or phrase) in a piece of literature.
ex. The motif in Great Expectations has to do with people's view on society.

Myth:  a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world.
ex. Gum will stay in your stomach for seven years.

Narrative:  a story or description of events.
ex. Of Mice and Men

Narrator:  one who narrates, or tells, a story.
ex. George is the narrator

Naturalism: extreme form of realism.
ex Stephen Crane

Novelette/Novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical.
ex. The Awakening by Kate Choppin

Omniscient Point of View:  knowing all things, usually the third person.
ex. War and Peace

Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning.
ex. Pop!

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.
ex. Great Depression

Pacing:  rate of movement; tempo.
ex. speed

Parable:  a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth. ex. Many parable are in the Bible

Paradox:  a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.
ex. Deep down, you're very shallow.