AP Lang O''Malley week four

O''Malley week four

narrative

The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

onomatopoeia

A figure of speech inn which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words

oxymoron

Greek “pointedly foolish’

figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox

paradox

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity

parallelism

parody

pedantic

an adjective that describes words,phrases or general tone that is overly scholary , academic or bookish

periodic sentence

personification

point of view