So As You Know, I'm Writing A Novel. I'm Having Second Thoughts About It. About What It's About And What I Want It To Be About. The Reason I Am Mentioning This Is 1. I Ran Into A Writers Block 2. My Laptop Broke So My Information Is Kinda Lost But I'm Not Sure If It's Entirely Lost. I Am Getting It Fixed Though :). So I'm Hoping It Survives! If Not I'll Have To Start From Scratch. I Hope It Doesn't Come To That Point But Just In Case I'll Be Prepared To Write A New One.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Lit. Terms #4
We are totally on a roll with these!
interior monologue: A passage of writing presenting a character's inner thoughts and emotions in a direct, sometimes disjointed or fragmentary manner.
juxtaposition: In literature, juxtaposition is a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
lyric: Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form.
magic(al) realism: a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction
metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed): A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" (Shakespeare).
metonymy: It is a figure of speech that takes the place of the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.
modernism: modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
monologue: a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
mood: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
motif: The literary device ‘motif’ is any element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.
myth: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without adeterminable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities ordemigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
narrative: a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
narrator: To tell (a story, for example) in speech or writing or by means of images.
naturalism: a theory or practice in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealization and often including elements of determinism
novelette/novella: A short prose tale often characterized by moral teaching or satire.
omniscient point of view: the reader is all seeing and all knowing. Limited omniscient means that they can see and know all for a certain part of the story or certain characters. This is a very typical point of view for fictional stories.
onomatopoeia: Onomatopoeia is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, which it describes. It creates a sound effect that makes the thing described, making the idea more expressive and interesting.
oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
pacing: the movement of a literary piece from one point or section to another
parable: A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.
paradox: A paradox in literature refers to the use of concepts/ ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together they hold significant value on several levels.
interior monologue: A passage of writing presenting a character's inner thoughts and emotions in a direct, sometimes disjointed or fragmentary manner.
inversion: The term ‘inversion’ refers to the practice of changing the conventional placement of words. It is a literary practice typical of the older classical poetry genre.
juxtaposition: In literature, juxtaposition is a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
lyric: Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form.
magic(al) realism: a literary genre or style associated especially with Latin America that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into otherwise realistic fiction
metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed): A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" (Shakespeare).
metonymy: It is a figure of speech that takes the place of the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.
modernism: modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
monologue: a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
mood: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
motif: The literary device ‘motif’ is any element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.
myth: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without adeterminable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities ordemigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
narrative: a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
narrator: To tell (a story, for example) in speech or writing or by means of images.
naturalism: a theory or practice in literature emphasizing scientific observation of life without idealization and often including elements of determinism
novelette/novella: A short prose tale often characterized by moral teaching or satire.
omniscient point of view: the reader is all seeing and all knowing. Limited omniscient means that they can see and know all for a certain part of the story or certain characters. This is a very typical point of view for fictional stories.
onomatopoeia: Onomatopoeia is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, which it describes. It creates a sound effect that makes the thing described, making the idea more expressive and interesting.
oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
pacing: the movement of a literary piece from one point or section to another
parable: A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.
paradox: A paradox in literature refers to the use of concepts/ ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together they hold significant value on several levels.
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