Lit Terms 57-81

57. Gothic tale: a style in literature characterized by gloomy settings, violent or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration, and decadence
58. Hyperbole: an exaggerate statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point
59. Imagery: figures of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses
60. Implication: a meaning or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but that is not fully and explicitly stated by the author
61. Incongruity: the deliberate joining if opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other
62. Inference: a judgement or conclusion based on evidence presented; the forming of an opinion which possesses some degree of probability according to facts already available
63. Irony: a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens, or what is thought to be happening and what is actually happening
64. Interior Monologue: a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character; the recording if the internal, emotional experience (s) of an individual; generally the reader is given the impression of overhearing the interior monologue
65. Inversion: words out of order for emphasis
66. Juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of a paragraph to contrast with another nearby
67. Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author's innermost thoughts and feelings
68. Magic(al) realism: a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with marvelous or magical
69. Metaphor (extended, controlling, and mixed): an analogy that compares 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 if work
--> Mixed: a metaphor that ineffective blends two or more analogies
70. Metonymy: literally "name changing" a device of figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing
71. Mode of Discourse: argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition
72. Modernism: literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology
73. Monologue: an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem
74. Mood: the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece
75. Motif: a real curing feature (name, image or phrase) in a piece of literature
76. Myth: a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connects with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world
77. Narrative: a story or description of events
78. Narrator: one who narrates, or tells, a story
79. Naturalism: extreme form of realism
80. Novelette/Novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical
81. Omniscient Point of View: knowing all things, usually the third person