Natural order
constructing a sentence so that the subject comes before the predicate
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems contradictory or unbelievable but can be resolved to make sense
Novel
A fictional narrative long enough to be published in a book
Onomatopoeia
The use of words to sound like what they mean
Parallelism
Repeated uses of phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs that are similar in structure or meaning
Pedantic
An unnecessary display of scholarship lacking in judgement or sense of proportion
Parable
A breif story, with human characters, that teaches a moral leason
Narrative
The telling of a story, the plot
Parody
A literary work that makes fun of another work or type of work
Repetition
A device in which words, sounds, and ideas are used more than once to enhance effect
Prosody
The science or art of versification
Personification
The treatment of an object or an abstract idea as if it were a person
Periodic statement
A sentence that makes sense only when the end is reached
Point of view
The person or intelligence created by a writer to tell a story
Prose
The ordinary form of written and spoken language
Rhetoric
The skill of using spoken or written communication effectively; the art of persuasion
Rhetorical modes
Types of rhetorical approaches
Pun
Play on words
Pentameter
A verse written in five-foot lines
Shift/progression
A change of feelings by the speaker from the beginning to the end, paying particular attention to the conclusion of the literature
Simple sentence
A sentence that contains one subject and one verb
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things or ideas that is direct
Sarcasm
A sneering, caustic remark
Rhetorical question
A question that expects no answer
Romance
The telling of remote or imaginative events that are impossible or improbable
Rhyme sentence
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Satire
A literary work that ridicules various aspects of human behavior
Sentence structure
The use of sentences to convey ideas, simple or complex
Semantics
The nature, structure, development, or changes of the meanings of speech forms in context
Syntax
Sentence structure and word order
Stream of consciousness
Events in a story presented from a character's point of view, mixed with feelings and memories
Syllogism
Two premises and a conclusion
Synecdoche
A part used to signify a whole
Synesthetic imagery
Detail that moves from the stimulation of one sense to a response by another
Sonnet
A fourteen-line poem focused on single theme
Soliloquy
Lines in a drama revealing a character's thoughts, heard by the audience
Symbol
Something that means itself and more than itself
style
The writer's way of saying something
Split sentence
The predicate divided into two parts with the subject in the middle