Orton AP Lit Terms 61-80 For Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| Oxymoron | a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms |
| Parable | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson |
| Paradox | (logic) a self-contradiction "'I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" |
| Parallelism | phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other |
| Parody | humorous imitation |
| Pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) |
| Pathos | a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) |
| Pentameter | a verse line having five metrical feet |
| Periodic Sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause |
| persona | Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world |
| personification | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature |
| point of view | the spatial property of the position from which something is observed |
| polysyndeton | using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in 'he ran and jumped and laughed for joy') |
| prose | ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse |
| protagonist/antagonist | The main character in a work; usually also the hero or heroine, but sometimes an antihero/the character pitted against the protagonist-the main character-of a work. |
| quatrain | a stanza of four lines |
| realism | the depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect |
| rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
| rhetorical question | a question asked for an effect, not actually requiring an answer |
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