Terms 81-100 Flashcards
Motif
a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation the recurs in various works
Motivation
a character’s incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act
Myth
a traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Narrative
a story or narrated account
Narrator
the one who tells the story; may be first or third person, limited or omniscient
Non-sequiter
an inference that does not follow logically from the premises
Omniscient Narrator
a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters
Onomatopoeia
a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds
Oxymoron
an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined
Parable
a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson
Paradox
an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth
Parallelism
the use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms
Paraphrase
a restatement of a text in a different form or in different words, often for the purpose of clarity
Parody
a humorous imitation of a serious work
Parenthetical
a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain
