Sunday, January 26, 2014

Lit Terms #4


interior monologue: Literature. a form of stream-of-consciousness writing that represents the inner thoughts of a character.

Inversion: reversal of the usual or natural order of words;

Juxtaposition: an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

Lyric: (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.

magic(al) realisma style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.:

metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed):

a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile (  def 1 ) .

metonymy: a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”

Modernism: ( sometimes initial capital letter ) a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring especially in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles.

Monologue: a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, especially one dominating or monopolizing a conversation.

Mood: a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:

Motif: a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.

Myth: traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.  

Narrative: a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.  

Narrator: a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.  

Naturalism: the view of the world that takes account only of natural elements and forces, excluding the supernatural or spiritual.

novelette/novella: a tale or short story

omniscient point of view: having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.

Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk,  or boom,  by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.  

Oxymoron: expression with contradictory words: a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect, e.g. "wise fool" or "legal murder"

 Pacing: a rate of movement , especially in stepping

 Parable: moral or religious story: a short simple story intended to illustrate a moral or religious lesson

 Paradox: something absurd or contradictory: a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true

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