83. Omniscent Point of View: know all things, usually third person.
84. Onomatopoeia: a word whose sound suggests its meaning.
85. Oxymoron: a figure of speech which two contradicting words are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox.
86. Pacing: rate of movement, tempo.
87. Parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth.
88. Paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory absurd but actually containing some actual truth; an opinion that contradicts generally accepted ideas.
89. Parallelism: the principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form.
90. Parody: an imitation or mimick of the style of a well known artist.
91. Pathos: the ability in literature to call forth feelings of sadness and or compassion.
92. Pedantry: a display of learning for its own sake.
93.. Personification: a figure of speech that gives human-like qualities to animals or inanimate objects.
94. Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.
95. Poignant: eliciting sorrow or sentiment.
96. Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argument; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.
97. Postmodernism: literture characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between the real and imaginary.
98. Prose: the ordinary form of spoken or written language; language that doesn't have a regular rhyme pattern.
99. Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction.
100. Pun: play on words, the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications.
101. Purpose: the intended result wished by an author.
102. Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a straightforward manner to reflect ife as it actually is.
103. Refrain: a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a poem or song; chorus.
104. Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or musical service for the dead.
105. Resolution: point in literary work ay which the chief dramatic complication is worked out.
106. Restatement: idea repeated for emphasis.
107. Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal in order to persuade.
108. Rhetorical Question: question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion. Rising Action: plot build up, caused by conflict or complication, advancement twards climax.
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