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: an analogy that compare two different things imaginatively directly.
extended metaphor: a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it.
controlling metaphor: a metaphor that runs throughout the piece of work.
mixed metaphor: a metaphor that ineffectively blends two or more analogies.
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.
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.
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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