Lit Terms

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motivation

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the reasons for a character's behavior

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myth

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traditional story that is rooted in a paticular culture, is basically religous and usually sercews to explain a belief, ritual, or a mysteruius natural phenonmenon.

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narrative

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anything that tells a story-tells about a seris of selective events

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oxymoron

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a figure of that combines contradictory terms ub breif ohrases

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parable

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a relativily short story that teaches a moral lesson about how to live a good life

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paradox

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a statement that appears self contradictory but reveals a truth

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parallel structure

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the repetion of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures

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parody

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a work that makes fun of other works by imitating some aspect of the writers style

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personification

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a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human thoughts, feelings or charcteristics

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epiphany

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a sudden realization a character has about his or her self

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plot

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seris of related events in a storyline

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narritive hook

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what the writer does at the beginning to catch the readers attention

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turning point

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point at which the hero exxperiences a decive reversal of fortune

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rising action

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all action before the turning point

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falling action

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all action after the turning point that leads to the denuome

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complication

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problems that arrive when characters take steps to resolve conflict

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point of view

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the vantage point from which a writer tells a story

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first peron POV

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one person tells the story using first person pronouns

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third person limited POV

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unknown narrator focusing on the thoughts and feelings of one charcter

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oniscent POV

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all knowing tells story 3rd person and many thoughts from many charcters

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objective POV

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3rd person narrator impersonal no character thoughts or feelings

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protaganist

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central character intiates action

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pun

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play on words based on mulitply meanings of the word or spelling

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rhetorical question

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question asked for affect doesnt require attention

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satire

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a type of writing that ridicules the short comings of peoples inquisitions

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setting

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the place and location the story takes place

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short story

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breif work of prose fiction

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simile

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a figure of speech which makes a comparison useing like as words

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sterotype

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a fixed idea of a character or group that doesnt allow for individualitly and is often based on prejudice

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stream of consiciouness

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style of writing that protrays the inner and often chaotic working a a charcters mind

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suspense

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feeling of uncertiantiy and curiosity of what will happen next

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symbol

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something with meaning in itself that stands for something else

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tall tale

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exgarrated unbeliveable story

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theme

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insight about human life the author wants readers to understand

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tone

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the attitude the writer takes to the work

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understatement

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saying less than what is meant

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vernacular

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language spoken by people of a particular area

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figurative language

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language that doesnt mean what it says

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prose

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writing divided into sentences and paragraphs

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motif

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a theme or pattern that appears in a work