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AP Literary Termss
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oxymoron | An image of contradictory term (bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly) |
| Pacing | The movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to another |
| Parable | A story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson. |
| Parody | A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original. |
| Pathos | The aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience. An appeal to emotion that can be used as a means to persuade. |
| Pedantic | A term used to describe writing that borders on lecturing. It is scholarly and academic and often overly difficult and distant |
| Periodic Sentence | presents its main clause at the end of the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety. |
| Personification | The assigning of human qualities to INANIMATE objects or concepts. |
| Persuasion | A type of argument that has as its goal an action on the part of the audience. |
| Plot | The sequence of events in a literary work. |
| Point of view | The method of narration in a literary work. |
| Pun | A play on word. (grave topic of American funerals) |
| Paradox | The presentation of to contradicting ideas that end up being true (Absence makes the heart grow fonder) |
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