O-Q Flashcards
Ode
a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject
Onomatopoeia
The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
Oxymoron
a term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
Omniscient Narrator
a narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story
Parable
a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
Parody
An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject
Paradox
A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
Paraphrase
A version of a text put into simpler, everyday, words
Pastoral
A work of literature dealing with rural life
Pathetic fallacy
faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
Pathos
The element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
Pentameter
A verse with five poetic feet per line
Periodic Sentence
a sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end
Persona
the role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, a viewer, or the world at large
Personification
a figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
