Literary N & M's
Writing that relates an event or series of events in a story
Narration
Parable
a comparison of two unlike things
Metaphor
the time and place of a literary work
setting
stream of consciousness
A prose or longer work but is shorter than the standard version
Novella
A form of literature that intentionally uses a comic effect to mock a literary work
Parody
the substituting of one word for another related word
Metonymy
a brief fictional work
short story
How the author uses words, phrases, and sentences to form ideas
A lengthy fictional work
Novel
The particular value or lesson the author is trying to get across to the reader
Moral
A literary device in which an author speaks of or describe an inhuman as if it were a person
Personification
A term that describes a type of realistic or natural setting that reflects reality
Slice of life
Greek for excessive pride
Hubris
an extreme form of realism where an author tries to show a person's relationship to the environment or surroundings
Naturalism
A traditional story that attempts to explain a natural phenomenon
Myth
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Simile
a speech delivered by a character when alone on stage
Soliloquy
Using a work or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning
irony
The feeling a text creates in the reader
Mood
the type of pun or play on words that results when two words become jumbled in the speaker's mind
malapropism
A way of emphasizing an idea by talking about it in a restrained manner
Understatement
a form that does not change; this character has no individuality and fits the mold of many types of characters
Steriotype
When the audience sees a character's mistakes but the character does not know what the audience knows
Dramatic irony