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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