Saturday, February 16, 2013

Lit Terms 83-108

Omniscient Point of View: knowing all things, usually the third person. Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning. Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox. Pacing: rate of movement; tempo. CLICK FOR EXAMPLE Parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth. Paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas. Parallelism: the principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form. Parody: an imitation of mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well-known artist. Pathos: the ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness. Pedantry: a display of learning for its own sake. Personification: a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose. Poignant: eliciting sorrow or sentiment. Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing. Postmodernism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary. Prose: the ordinary form of spoken and written language; language that does not have a regular rhyme pattern. Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction; opposes antagonist. Pun: play on words; the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications. Purpose: the intended result wished by an author. Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a straightfoward manner to reflect life as it actually is. Refrain: a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a poem or song; chorus. Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or musical service for the dead. Resolution: point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out; denouement. Restatement: idea repeated for emphasis. Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal in order to persuade. Rhetorical Question: question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion.

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