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Monday, January 27, 2014

Literary Terms #4

interior monologue: a piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts.

inversion: the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.

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

lyric:(of poetry) expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.

magic(al) realism:a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.

metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed): a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

metonymy: the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.

modernism: modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique.
"when he waxes philosophical, he comes across as a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism"

monologue: long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.

mood: (esp. of music) inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind.
"mood music"

motif: design or pattern

myth:a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

narrative: a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

narrator: a person who is telling the story

naturalism: a philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted.

novelette/novella: a short novel or long story

omniscient point of view: the reading is seeing and all knowing 

onomatopoeia: sounds ex. crack, boom, pop

oxymoron: contradicting things in a conjunction

pacing: going back and forth on a idea, theme, etc 

parable: simple story illustrating a moral or value 

paradox: contradicting statements 

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