AP Language and Composition Literary terms week 5 Flashcards

11115690628	narrative	The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.	0
11115690629	onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words	1
11115690630	oxymoron	"Pointedly foolish" - a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.	2
11115690631	paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity.	3
11115690632	parallelism	"Beside one another" - the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.	4
11115690634	parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	5
11115690635	pedantic	An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish	6
11115690636	periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end, preceded by a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone.	7
11115690637	personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	8
11115690638	point of view	In literature, the perspective from which a story is told. 1) first person narrator - tells the story with the first person pronoun (I) and is a character 2) third person narrator - relates the events with the third person pronouns (he, she, it) a. third person omniscient - the narrator presents the thoughts and actions of any or all characters b. third person limited omniscient - the narrator presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character and just the actions of the other characters	9