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Paradox
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"War is Peace"
George Orwell
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Parallelism
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"Truth is not a diet but a condiment."
Christopher Morley
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The humorous imitation of a work of literature, art, or music
Parody
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The quality in a work of literature that arouses a feeling of pity, or sorrow, or compassion in the reader.
Pathos
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Persona
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Will Mclean from The Lords of Discipline
Pat Conroy
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Personification
The camera loves me.
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The type of speaking or writing that is intended to make its audience adopt a certain opinion, or perform an action, or do both.
Persuasion
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A simple and clear style of writing which began as a revolt against ornate style
Plain Style
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The sequence of events or actions in a short story, novel, play, or native poem.
Plot
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The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
Point of view
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Protagonist
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- Will Mclean The Lords of Discipline
- Pat Conroy
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Pun
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- "Look deep into our ryes."
- slogan of Wigler's Bakery
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Quatrain
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- "The Mountain"
- Donna Brock
- The mountain frames the sky (a)
- As a shadow of an eagle flies by.(a)
- With clouds hanging at its edge (b)
- A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge. (b)
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Realism
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- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Mark Twain
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A word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza
Refrain
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A prayer, song, or poem for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
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The focal point of many narratives.
Revelation
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Rhetoric
- "But when shall we be stronger?"
- Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
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