Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Onomatopoeia-Realism Flashcards
A figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases “wise fool”
Oxymoron
A short tale that teaches a moral, similar to but shorter than an allegory
Parable
A statement that contradicts itself but turns out to have a rational meaning
Paradox
Arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures and placing them side by side.
Parallelism
Imitating and exaggerating a style of work
Parody
A sentence that is not grammatically complete until it’s last phrase.
Periodic Sentence
A fictional voice that a writer adopts
Persona
Human qualities to a nonhuman or inanimate object
Personification
The perspective from which a story is presented
Point of view
A narrator, referred to as “I”
First Person Narrative
Like first person but placing the reader inside the characters head
Stream of Consciousness Narrator
A third person narrator, able to see into each characters mind
Omniscient Narrator
A third person narrator that only reports thoughts of one character
Limited Omniscient Narrator
A third person narrator who only reports what is seen by the camera
Objective Narrator
The main character of a literary work
Protagonist
