Vocab #4

Interior monologue (n.) : a piece of writing expressing a characters inner thoughts.

Inversion (n.) : the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted.

Juxtaposition (n.) : the fact of two things beings seen or placed together with a contrasting effect.

Lyric (adj.) expressing the writers emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas.

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

Metaphor (n.)

-Extended metaphor: author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds.

-Controlling metaphor: a symbolic story, where the whole poem may be a metaphor for something else; motif

 -Mixed metaphor: a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect.

Metonymy (n.) : 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 (n.) modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique.

Monologue(n.) : a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.

Mood (n.): the atmosphere or pervading tone of something

Motif (n.) : a decorative design or pattern.

Myth (n.) : 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 (n.) : a spoken or written account of connected events.

Narrator (n.) : a person who narrates something, esp. a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.

Naturalism (n.) : a person who narrates something, esp. a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative porm

Novelette/Novella (n.) : a short novel, typically one that is light and romantic or sentimental in character.

Omniscient point of view (n.) : reader is all seeing and all knowing

Onomatopoeia (n.): the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

Oxymoron (n.): figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Pacing (v.):  speeding up or slowing down the story.

Parable (n) : simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

Paradox (n.): a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.