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21 Cards in this Set
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Pastoralism: noun. |
A literary movement where texts have a rural setting that generally praise a rustic way of life. |
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Pathetic Fallacy: noun. |
The attribution of human emotions to inanimate nature. |
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Pathos: noun. |
A logical appeal that focuses on appealing to the audience’s sense of emotion and reaction to experiences. |
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Pedantic: adjective. |
To be excessively concerned with minor details or rules. |
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Pentameter: noun. |
A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet; most commonly used in Shakespearean sonnets. |
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Periphrasis: noun. |
A rhetorical figure involving elevated language or redundancy that is unintentionally and unnecessarily wordy and vague. |
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Persona: noun. |
The aspect of an individual’s character that is presented to others. |
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Personification: noun. |
A figure of speech that bestows human characteristics upon anything nonhuman. |
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Perspective: noun. |
The outlook or viewpoint of on characters, events, society, and the world; can apply to characters, authors, as well as audience. |
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Persuasive Essay: noun. |
A genre of writing where a writer takes a stand on an issue and attempts to convince the audience to agree with the stated point of view. |
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Philology: noun. |
The study of language and literature. |
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Phonics: noun. |
A method of teaching individuals to read, by focusing on correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters in an alphabetic system. |
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Play: noun. |
A story generally intended to be performed onstage by actors who deliver the dialogue, perform the actions, and follow the stage directions written by the author. |
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Plot: noun. |
The arrangement and interrelation of events in a narrative work, chosen and designed to engage the reader’s attention and interest while also providing a framework for the exposition of the theme and development of craft elements such as characterization and symbolism. |
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Plot Twist: noun. |
An unexpected development in a text that up until its revelation, was not explicitly developed throughout a text. |
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Poetry: noun. |
A genre of creative writing through verse that pays particular attention to figurative speech, meter, and rhythm. |
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Poetic License: noun. |
The linguistic liberty taken by poets in composing verse. |
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Point of View: noun. |
The vantage point from which a narrative is told. |
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Polemic: noun. |
A speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or a controversial opinion regarding a subject. |
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Portmanteau: noun. |
A word coined by combining two other words, encompassing the original meanings of both component parts. |
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Postcolonialism: noun. |
A genre of literature written by authors with roots in countries that were once colonies established by European |
