Statistics for Literary Terms - P

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HintAnswer% Correct
A small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subjectPamphlet
100%
An element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassionPathos
75%
A figurative device by which a speak or writer pretends to ignore or pass over a matter and thus draws attention to itParalipsis
50%
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'Parallelism
50%
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 commasParenthesis
50%
An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or periodPastiche
50%
The attribution of human feelings and responses to the weather, animals and inanimate objectsPathetic Fallacy
50%
A role or character adopted by an author or an actorPersona
50%
A speech or poem in fulsome praise of an individual, institution or group of peoplePanegyric
25%
A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or trueParadox
25%
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, unbeautifulPerfect Rhyme
25%
The branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languagesPhilology
25%
A sequence of clauses or sentences which have a symmetrical structureParison
0%
The idea the evil are punished appropriately and the good rewarded as they should bePoetic Justice
0%
A figurative device in narrative, in which a future event is prefiguredProlepsis
0%

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