Realism-Stream of Conciousness

Realism

literature that portrays and focuses on simple and unidealized treatment of contemporary life

Repetition

repeating of sounds, words, or phrases for emphasis

Rhetorical Question

a question not needing or expecting a reply

Rhetorical Techniques

techniques used in literary works to impose on the reader the author’s view of the meaning, both denotative and connotative, of the work. Devices used by the author to persuade the reader to make a “proper” interpretation of the work.

Rhythm

beats, pattern, meter

Rhyme

a similarity of accented sounds between two words

Rhyme Royal

7 line stanza written in iambic pentameter

Sarcasm

the use of irony to mock or convey contempt; saying the opposite of what the real intended meaning is

Scansion

a system of dividing lines of poetry into feet of accented and unaccented syllables

Semantics

study of the meaning of words that are put together

Soliloquy

an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself; reveals one’s thoughts and feelings to audience but not to another character

Spilled Rhyme

rhyme that carries over from line to line or stanza to stanza

Stereotype

an idea that repeats without consideration of individuality

Stream of Consciousness

of or pertaining to a manner of writing in which a character’s thoughts or perceptions are presented as occurring in random form, without regard for logical sequences or syntactic structure

Satire

the use of mockery, irony or wit to ridicule a habit, idea, custom, etc… that is foolish or wrong