Vocab List #4

interior monologue - exhibits the thoughts passing through the minds of the protagonists

inversion -  the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter

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

lyric - expressing the writer’s emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.

magic(al) realism - incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction

metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed)

Extended -  comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem

Controlling - metaphor that dominates or organizes an entire poem

Mixed - the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined,

metonymy - a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated

modernism - literary movement prominent after WWI

monologue - a long speech given by a character

mood - what an audience perceives in emotion from a literary work

motif - idea that is constantly presented throughout a work

myth - a traditional story that includes supernatural beings or events

narrative - a report of related events presented to the listeners or readers in words arranged in a logical sequence

narrator - the subject who narrates the story

naturalism - literary movement of extreme realism, it sought to depict everyday reality

novelette/novella - A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel

omniscient point of view - A narrator who knows everything about all the characters

onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

oxymoron - a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

pacing - the rhythm and speed in which the story is told by the author

parable - a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

paradox - a statement that apparently contradicts itself but is often true