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Literature
(1061 entries)
pace
Also called rhythm or tempo, is a term used to describe the flow of events in a text.
palindrone
A word, line, phrase or sentence which can be read the same backwards as forwards. The famous example of this is "Madam, I'm Adam."
pamphlet
A brief booklet, typically discussing an issue of the time and about which the writer feels strongly. In the past the benefit of a pamphlet was that it was fairly simple to generate: it was therefore particularly favoured by underground writers and revolutionaries as a mode of communication. Jonathan Swift’s A modest Proposal is a well-known example of a pamphlet.
parable
A short narrative intended to disclose allegorically some religious principle, moral lesson or general truth. Rather than using abstract discussion, a parable always teaches by comparison with real or literal occurrences.
parados
Found in Greek drama and sung by the chorus as they enter.
paradox
Using contradiction in a way that oddly, and wittily, makes sense on a deeper level. See oxymoron, antithesis.
paraphrase
To restate a text or speech in one’s own words.
pararhyme
In poetry, a partial or imperfect rhyme, where the consonants rhyme but not the vowels. This is also known by the phrases "double consonance".
parataxis
The placing side by side of phrases or clauses while omitting conjunctions. A famous example of this in English is "I came, I saw, I conquered."
pardoner
In the Middle Ages, a member of the religious community with permission to sell Papal indulgences. Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales features a Pardoner.
parody
The utilisation of serious manner and the characteristic features of a literary work to mock those same features.
paronomasia
Is a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.
parts of speech
A traditional classifying system for words in terms of their function. The main catagories are: Nouns, pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions.
Parts Of Speech
POS
Past District Governor
PDG
Past International Director
PID
Past International President
PIP
Past, Dead, and Gone
PDG
pastiche
A tribute, a form of entertainment, or a parody, a pastiche is a patchwork of bits and pieces in imitation of the work of a writer.
pastoral
Traditionally this term means 'to do with shepherds', thus it gestures towards any work which draws a pleasing, idealised rural life in the countryside.
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