Lit Terms #4

interior monologue - a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character; recording of the internal, emotional experiences of the individual
inversion - noun  the reversal of the normal order of words
juxtaposition - noun a side-by-side position to contrast
lyric - adj. expressing deep personal emotion noun a short poem of songlike quality
magical realism - juxtaposes everyday with the marvelous or magical
metaphor - noun a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
metonymy - noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
modernism - noun practices typical of contemporary life or thought; genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres; the quality of being current or of the present
monologue - noun a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor; a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation); speech you make to yourself
mood - noun verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker;a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; the prevailing psychological state
motif - noun  a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
myth - noun a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
narrative - adj. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; noun a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
narrator - noun someone who tells a story
naturalism - noun extreme form of realism
novelette/novella  - noun a short novel
omniscient point of view - knowing all things, usually the third person
onomatopoeia - noun using words that imitate the sound they denote
oxymoron - noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
pacing - noun walking with slow regular strides;(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
parable - noun  a short moral story (often with animal characters)
paradox - noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself