Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Literary Terms #83-108

Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning
ex: squirt, drip, clang, bam, click

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox

Pacing: rate of movement; tempo

Parable: story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth




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