1. LITERARY TERMS PART II

2. Realism a 19 th century movement which contains ordinary language, focusing on ordinary people, events, and settings, all of which are described in great detail. It usually focused on the problems of the middle- and lower-class people.

3. Naturalism a late 19 th century movement that reflects the new age of science and industry, which emphasizes historical background and characters from lower classes who cannot escape.

4. Psychological Realism focuses on a character’s thoughts and feelings by depicting his/her thought process; the story is set in the character’s observing and experiencing mind.

5. Stream of Consciousness the random flow of thoughts, emotions, memories, and associations rushing through a character’s mind.

6. Surrealism writing emphasizing the primitive and unconscious, in the forms or dreams and fantasies; reality is more than what is visible and rational.

7. Magic Realism something unexpected or improbable (but not necessarily impossible) is placed in a predominately realistic work to delight or puzzle the reader.

8. Reversal a sudden change in the protagonist’s situation, which causes a reversal of fortune.

9. Paradox a statement or situation that appears to be false or self- contradictory, but that proves to be true upon reflection.

10. Imagery descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses – sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.

11. Parallelism the repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or restate a similar idea.

12. Personification an object or idea is treated as if it possesses human qualities.

13. Modernism A 20 th century movement that reflects a sharp break with all tradition; often describes as irrational or inexplicable given the time period.