Melodrama

A dramatic form characterized by excessive sentiment, exaggerated emotion, sensational and thrilling action, and an artificially happy ending.[image]

Metaphor

A comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar. Usually implied rather than directly stated.

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Meter

Any regular pattern of rhythm based on stressed and unstressed syllables

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Monologue

An extended speech by one person.

Mood

The overall emotional atmosphere of a scene or situation

Mystery

A suspense story which contains a crime and a solution by a detective

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Myth

Applies particularly to a story connected with the religion of a primitive civilization. Usually about gods or superhuman beings and are invented to explain certain beliefs or some aspect of nature.

Narrative

The story or account itself

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Narration

The telling of a story

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Narrator

Objective

Not about the thoughts of the speaker or writer; giving the facts as they are without bias.

Objective POV

The narrator knows only what can be heard and seen from outside the characters' thoughts and emotions.

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Octave

An eight line stanza

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Ode

A lyric poem of some length, serious in subject and dignified in style

Omniscient POV

God-like scope; able to enter the mind of any character at any time to reveal his thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.

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Onomatopoeia

The use of words which sound like what they mean

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Oxymoron

Two contradictory words placed side by side for emphasis

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