P-Z Flashcards
Paradox
A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true
Parody
An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject
Pastoral
A work of light dealing with rural life
Pathos
That element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
Personification
A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
Satire
A literary style used to poke fun at, attack, or ridicule an idea, Vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change
Simile
A figurative comparison using the words like or as
Synechdoche
A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part
Verisimilitude
Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is
villanelle
a French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes
