Set 5 Lit Terms

Front 1

oxymoron

Back 1

a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms. "jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness"

Front 2

paradox

Back 2

a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Front 3

parallelism

Back 3

similarity in structure and syntax in a series of related words, phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs that develops balance. Ex: " When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative," -MLK

Front 4

parody

Back 4

a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule

Front 5

pathos

Back 5

an appeal based on emotion

Front 6

personification

Back 6

assigning human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts. Wordsworth's "the sea that bares her bosom to the moon."

Front 7

point of view

Back 7

who tells a story and how it is told (1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient)

Front 8

polysyndeton

Back 8

deliberate use of many conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted. Hemingway and the Bible both use extensively. Ex. "he ran and jumped and laughed for joy

Front 9

predicate

Back 9

tells what the subject is or does

Front 10

predicate adjective

Back 10

an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject