Lit terms #6

simile - a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
soliloquy - a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections; speech you make to yourself
spiritual - lacking material body or form or substance
speaker - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
stereotype - a conventional or formulaic conception or image
stream of consciousness - a literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue.
structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
style -a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
subordination - the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
surrealism - a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams
suspension of disbelief- writer could infuse a "human interest and a semblance of truth" into a fantastic tale, the reader would suspend judgement concerning the implausibility of the narrative.
symbol - something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
synesthesia - a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated
synecdoche - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
syntax - the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
theme - a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
thesis - an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
tone - the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
tongue in cheek - imply that a statement or other production is humorously or otherwise not seriously intended, and it should not be taken at face value. 
tragedy - drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance
understatement - a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
vernacular -  the everyday speech of the people
voice - a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
zeitgeist - the spirit of the time