Literary Terms - P

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A small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject

A speech or poem in fulsome praise of an individual, institution or group of people

A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true

A figurative device by which a speak or writer pretends to ignore or pass over a matter and thus draws attention to it

Sentences of a similar construction and meaning placed side by side: 'What you see is what you get', 'To know her is to love her'

A word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas

A sequence of clauses or sentences which have a symmetrical structure

An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period

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The attribution of human feelings and responses to the weather, animals and inanimate objects

An element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion

Rhyme in which the final accented vowel and all succeeding consonants or syllables are identical, while the preceding consonants are different, for example, great, late; rider, beside her; dutiful, unbeautiful

A role or character adopted by an author or an actor

The branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages

A figurative device in narrative, in which a future event is prefigured

The idea the evil are punished appropriately and the good rewarded as they should be