Terminology

Parallel structure

The use of similar forms in writing for nouns,verbs,phrases, or thoughts

Pastoral

A work (also called an ecolodge, a bucolic, or an idyll) that describes the simple life of country folk, usually Shepards who live a timeless, painless (and sheepless) life in a world full of beauty; and love

Parody

A work that imitates another work for comic effect by exaggerating the style and changing the content of the original

Periodic sentence

A sentence that is not grammatically complete until the end

Persona

A voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story and who may or may not share values of the actual author

Ode

A lyric poem that is somewhat serious in subject and treatment, is elevated in style, and sometimes uses elaborate stanza structure, which is often patterned in sets of three

Paradox

A statement that seems contradictory but may actually be true

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, sometimes resulting in a humorous image or statement

Parable

A short fiction that illustrates an explicit moral lesson through the use of analogy

Chiasmus

A figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second

Asyndeton

A style in which conjunctions are omitted, usually producing a fast paced, more rapid prose