Lit Terms #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. 
Inversion: words out of order for emphasis
Juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of paragraph to contrast with another nearby. 
Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author’s
innermost thoughts and feelings. 
Magic(al) Realism:  a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday  with the marvelous or magical. 
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. 
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. 
Mode of Discourse:  argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition. 
Modernism:  literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology
Monologue:  an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem.  Mood:  the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece
Motif:  a recurring feature (name, image, or phrase) in a piece of literature. 
Myth:  a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world.
Narrative:  a story or description of events.
Narrator:  one who narrates, or tells, a story. 
Naturalism: extreme form of realism. 
Novelette/Novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical.
Omniscient Point of View:  knowing all things, usually the third person.
Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning. 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. 
Pacing:  rate of movement; tempo. 
Parable:  a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth. Paradox:  a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas