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