Glossary of Terms Used in Literary Analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird- Part 3

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Pity, sympathy, or sorrow felt by the reader in response to literature
Pathos
Opposite of loose sentence, when a dependant clause precedes an independant clause
Periodic Sentence
The voice in a work of literature
Persona
A figure of speech that attributes human characteristics to an inanimate object
Personafication
Episodic adventures of a protagonist who is usualy a rascal
Picaresque
Elements of poetry used in fiction to create harmonious sound of words include assonance, consance, alliteration, repitition, and rhyme
Poetic Devices
The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
The overuse of conjunctions in a sentence , especially and, and or
Polysyndeton
Contemporary fiction, may include an antihero and expiramental style
Postmodern
The main character
Protagonist
A play on words
Pun
Writing that is chgaracterized by details of actualy life
Realism
Writing that draws heavily from a specific geographical area using speech, folklore, beliefs, and customs
Regionalism
A comeback, a quick response
Pepartee
The reiteration of words, sounds, phrases
Repetition