Interior Monologue: a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character.
Inversion: words out of order for emphasis
Juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, or sentences to contrast with another nearby.
Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality, short showing of the author’s
innermost thoughts and feelings.
Magic(al) Realism: a style of painting and literature in which imaginary and often images or events are depicted detailed manner.
Metaphor(extended, controlling, and mixed): an analogy that compare two different things imaginatively.
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 device of figurative language in which the
name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing. Ex: suit for a business man
Mode of Discourse: persuasion argument... description, and exposition.
Modernism: literary movement characterized by style, rejecting tradition, symbolism and psychology.
Monologue: a long speech told by a character
Mood: the atmosphere or feeling of the story
Motif: a recurring feature 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: someone who narrates or tells a story.
Naturalism: extreme form of realism.
Novelette/Novella: short story or short prose narrative
Omniscient Point of View: knowing everything, usually the third person.
Onomatopoeia: use of a word with a sound that imitates or suggests the meaning.
Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect.
Pacing: the rate of something moving
Parable: a story designed to show some religious principle, moral lesson, or fact.
Paradox: a statement that conflicts with itself or opinion opposite to generally accepted ideas
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