You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.
-Dr. Seuss

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Lit. Terms #5 REMIX


Parallelism: the principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form


Parody:  an imitation of mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well-known artist.



Pathos:  the ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness.




Pedantry:  a display of learning for its own sake.




Personification:  a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.

Plot:  a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.





Poignant:  eliciting sorrow or sentiment.


Point of View:   the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the
  physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.






Postmodemism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple  meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary








Prose:  the ordinary form of spoken and written language; language that does not have a regular rhyme pattern.



Protagonist:  the central character in a work of fiction; opposes antagonist.




Pun: play on words; the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or
applications.



Purpose:  the intended result wished by an author.



Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a straightforward manner to reflect life as it actually is.



Refrain:  a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a poem or song; chorus.

"Just move on up
Move on up
What move on up
Oh child but just a move on up
Just move on up
Move on up"



Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or musical service for the dead.

Resolution: point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out; denouement.





Restatement:  idea repeated for emphasis.



Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal in order to persuade.



Rhetorical Question: question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion.



Rising Action: plot build up, caused by conflict and complications, advancement towards climax.




Romanticism:  movement in western culture beginning in the eighteenth and peaking in the nineteenth century as a revolt against Classicism; imagination was valued over reason and fact.





Satire: ridicules or condemns the weakness and wrong doings of individuals, groups,
institutions, or humanity in general.




Scansion: the analysis of verse in terms of meter.



Setting:  the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur.