Ap literary terms (61-80)

Metonymy

a figure of speech in which something closely related to the thing or suggested by it is subtituted for the thing itself

monologue

a long speech by one person during a conversation

motif

In literature, a word, character, object, image, metaphor, or idea that recurs in a work or inseveral works

motivation

the reasons for or forces behind the action of a character

myth

an anonymous traditional story that usually serves to explain a belief, custom, ormysterious natural phenomenon

narrator

one who tells or narrates a story

novel

a long fictional prose narratice, usually of more than fifly thousand words

octave

an eight-line stanza or poem of the first eight lines of an Italian or petrarchan sonnet

ode

a complec, generally long lyric poem on a serious subject

onomatopeia

the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning (clap, sizzle)

oxymoron

a figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory or incongruous ideas (bitter sweet)

parable

a short, allegorical story that teaches a moral or religious lesson about life (Jesus)

paradox

an apparent contradiation that is actually true

parallelism

the repetion of words, phrases, pr sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that restates a similar idea

parody

the imitation of a work of literaturem art or music for amusement or instruction

pastoral

a type of poem that depicts rustic life in idyllic, idealized terms

personification

a kind of metophor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human. (sun smiled down on us)

Plot

the series of related events that make up a sotry or drama

Point of view

the vantage point from witch a person tells a story

Protagonist

The main character in fiction, drama or narratice story