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Malapropism confused use of words: "the police are not here to create disorder, but to preserve disorder." -preserve order
Maxim saying expressing common wisdom or truth
Metaphysical poetry that uses the elaborate conceits, expresses complexities of love and life, and is high intellectual
Metonymy figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else; "The White House declared a state of emergency..."
Middle English language spoken in England b/w 1150 and 1500 AD
Mock Epic a parody of traditional epic form
Mock Solemnity Deliberately artificial seriousness, often for satirical purposes
Muse inspiration for an artist of writer
Naturalism Realism
Non Sequitur A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before
Ode A lyric poem that is serious, respectful, and exalts feelings toward the subject
Omniscient narrator narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, etc.
Oxymoron A term consisting of contradictory elements put together to create a paradoxical effect
Parable A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived
Paradox A statement that seems contradictory bus is nevertheless true
Parallel Structure The structure required for expressing two or more grammatical elements of equal rank
Pastoral A work of literature dealing with rural life
Pathetic fallacy Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects
Pathos That element in literature that stimulate pity or sorry
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