mood - The feeling that a text is intended to produce in the audience. Ex: In John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the mood is mostly dark and gloomy. narrative - An anecdote or a story offered in support of a generalization, claim, or point. Also, a function in texts accomplished when the speaker or writer tells a story. Ex: "A good man, gray on the edges, an assistant manager in a brown starched and ironed uniform, is washing the glass windows of the store...Good night, m'ijo! he tells a young boy coming out after playing the video game..." (Dagoberto Gilb) omniscient narration - A narrative in which the reader or viewer has access to the unspoken thoughts of all the characters. Ex: Our Town by Thornton Wilder. parable - A usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle. Ex: Ignacy Krasicki's "The Blind Man and the Lame." paradox - A statement that seems untrue on the surface but is true nevertheless. Ex: "Not having a fashion is a fashion." paronomasia - To call with a slight change of name; a play on words. Ex: "Independence is what a boy wants from his father when he wants to be let a loan." partition - In ancient Roman oratory, the part of a speech where the speaker would divide the main topic into parts. Ex: Julius Caesar used partitions to better communicate his argument.
mood - The feeling that a text is intended to produce in the audience. Ex: In John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, the mood is mostly dark and gloomy. narrative - An anecdote or a story offered in support of a generalization, claim, or point. Also, a function in texts accomplished when the speaker or writer tells a story. Ex: "A good man, gray on the edges, an assistant manager in a brown starched and ironed uniform, is washing the glass windows of the store...Good night, m'ijo! he tells a young boy coming out after playing the video game..." (Dagoberto Gilb) omniscient narration - A narrative in which the reader or viewer has access to the unspoken thoughts of all the characters. Ex: Our Town by Thornton Wilder. parable - A usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle. Ex: Ignacy Krasicki's "The Blind Man and the Lame." paradox - A statement that seems untrue on the surface but is true nevertheless. Ex: "Not having a fashion is a fashion." paronomasia - To call with a slight change of name; a play on words. Ex: "Independence is what a boy wants from his father when he wants to be let a loan." partition - In ancient Roman oratory, the part of a speech where the speaker would divide the main topic into parts. Ex: Julius Caesar used partitions to better communicate his argument.