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-Dr. Seuss

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Lit Terms #4 Def/Remix


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, & mixed): an analogy that compare two different things imaginatively directly.
 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.





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.













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