parallelism - Parallelism is the use of components in a
sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction,
sound, meaning or meter
parody - imitation of a writer, artist, or a genre for a
comical effect
pathos - stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow
pedantry - describes words, phrases, or tone that is overly
scholarly or academic
personification - figure of speech in which the author
presents/describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them
with human qualities
plot - the sequence of events in a story
poignant - arousing deep emotion, touching
point of view - the perspective at which a story is told
postmodernism - a late 20th-century movement characterized
by broad skepticism, subjectivism, or relativism;
prose - a form of language that has no formal metrical
structure
protagonist - the main or of the main characters in a story
pun - a play on words
purpose - the reason an author creates a piece of work,
intends to persuade/inform/entertain/explain his or her ides
realism - attempts to represent familiar things as they are
refrain - a verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines
that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into
different sections
requiem - chant, hymn, dirge or musical service for the dead
resolution - the part of a story where the problem or climax
is resolved
restatement - to state again in a new form for emphasis
rhetoric - the art of using language effectively
rhetorical question - asked just for effect or to lay
emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected
rising action - the part of the story leading up to the
climax
romanticism - emphasized emotion over reason
satire - exposes and criticizes foolishness and corruption
of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule;
it is meant
scansion - is the act
of determining and (usually) graphically representing the metrical character of
a line of verse.
setting - the place and time the story takes place in
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