Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Lit Terms #5

Parallelism- A balance of one or more phrases with the same grammar structure

Parody- A rework of a certain work for comedic purpose

Pathos- An appeal to audience's emotion

Pedantry- Excessive concern with minor details and rules

Personification- Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects or animals  

Plot- The main conflict of a story

Poignant- Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Point Of View- The perspective of where the story takes place from

Postmodernism- A 20th century arts movement that contains skeptical interpretations of culture

Prose- Written or spoken language in ordinary form

Protagonist- The "good guy" that the reader wants to support in a story

Pun- A form of word play that suggest two or more meanings

Purpose- Reason to why an author wrote a certain story

Realism- Genre in which things are depicted accurately

Refrain- A line or stanza that repeats 

Requiem- A mass for the repose for the souls of the dead

Resolution- The ending of a story where the concept is resolved

Restatement- To state again in a new form

Rhetoric- Effective use of persuasive writing

Rhetorical Question- A figure of speech of when a question is asked to make a point

Rising Action- The events of a dramatic plot preceding the climax

Romanticism- A genre of literature that contained more emphasis on emotion of characters

Satire- A type of humor made to point out social and political criticism 

Scansion- The act of graphically representing the character of a line of verse

Setting- Location or locations of where a story takes place

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