Voacb List #4 Flashcards
Epithet
Descriptive word or phrase
Parody
A work that results when a work is exaggerated to ridiculousness
Stream of consciousness
Author places the reader inside the main characters mind and makes the reader privy to all his/her thoughts as they scroll through his/her consciousness
Pun
Play on words
Satire
Attempt to improve things by pointing out people’s mistakes in hopes of making a change
Soliloquy
Speech spoken by character alone on stage to show internal thoughts
Oxymoron
A contradiction or opposites put together
Pathos
A quality that arouses emotions especially pity or sorrow
Rhetoric
Using language effectively to persuade
Point of view
The perspective from which the action of noel is presented
Omniscient
3rd person narrator who sees in characters mind and understands all actions going on
Limited omniscient
3rd person narrator who reports only what character sees and only reports thoughts of that privileged character
First person
A narrator who is a character in the story
Objective
3rd person narrator who only reports what is visible to camera. Does not know what character is thinking unless the character says it.