Infamous Vocab (Paradox-Quatrain)

paradox

a statement that although seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well-founded or true

parody

an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

parallelism

the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, or meaning

pastoral

a work of literature portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form

pathos

the quality in writing that arouses a feeling of sadness; power of evoking

tender or melancholy thoughts

pedantic

a display of learning for its own sake

periodic sentence

dependent clause followed by the independent clause;

opposite of loose sentence

persuasive devices

words or techniques designed to bring agreement with a

poit of view and to incite action

pessimistic

negative

prose

no regular rhythmic pattern; everything other than poetry or verse

protagonist

the leading character in a literary work

pun

the humorous use of a word where it can have different meanings; when 2

or more words with the same (or nearly) the same sound but different meanings

quatrain

a stanza of 4 lines