inversion: The reversal of the normal order of words and phrases in a sentence, typically used for the sake of maintaining a rhyming scheme and emphasis. Yoda speak.
juxtaposition: Placing two different things together side-by-side for contrasting effect.
lyric: set of words that make up a song or poem.
magic(al) realism: Mixing magical elements with a boring mundane environment.
metaphor (extended, controlling, & mixed): a figure of speech making a comparison between one thing and something that is otherwise unrelated.
metonymy: a figure of speech attributing a part to describe the whole such as All Hands on Deck!
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monologue: A single character mental thoughts out loud, not necessarily directed towards someone. To Be or Not to Be.
mood: General feeling or atmosphere that a piece of creates within a reader.
motif: A reoccurring element in literature that is often representative of something deeper.
myth: A traditional story concerning the origins of humanity or the world/nature, often involving supernatural events/beings
narrative: A narrated account; a story.
narrator: The one who tells the story.
naturalism: Realistic and factual representation of the world. Objective view of life.
novelette/novella: Fictional prose longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. Orwell's Animal Farm, Burgess's A Clockwork Orange.
omniscient point of view: The narrator is all knowing and all seeing.
onomatopoeia: Words the imitate the sound that they are associated with such as bees buzzing, cats meowing, SPLAT, BAM, POW, etc.
oxymoron: Figure of speech juxtaposing two contradicting elements. IE jumbo shrimp, cold as hell, the word oxymoron itself (oxy being sharp and moron being dull)
parable: A story which conveys an instructive lesson or principle.
paradox: DOES NOT COMPUTE. A statement that contradicts itself but might be true. IE This statement is false.
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