Preview of Literary Terms 46 to 50

46. order of importance Ranking events or items in the order of their significance

47. onomatopoeia

47. onomatopoeia •  This word is a synthesis of the Greek words

"onoma" (name) and "poio" (verb meaning ”to create"); thus, the word essentially means ”name creation."

Onomatopoeic words exist in every language, although they are different in each. For example:

•  In Ancient Greek, brekekekex koax koax imitates a frog croaking.

•  In German, peng is the sound of a pistol shot. •  In Russian, gaf gaf creates the sound of a

barking dog. •  In Dutch, kukeleku is a rooster crowing.

In pop culture, onomatopoeia may be found in many forms of art.

Example: “Wham” (Batman)

48. oxymoron

•  Oxymoron is a loanword from Greek. A “loanword” is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. The prefix oxy means sharp and root moros means dull. Thus the word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron!

Oxymorons in the real world:

Complete the following oxymorons:

Complete the following oxymorons: •  agree to _____________________ •  agree to disagree •  alone in a ______________________ •  alone in a crowd •  Anarchy __________________! •  Anarchy rules! •  baby _______________________ •  Baby grand •  bad ________________________ •  Bad luck •  jumbo ________________________ •  Jumbo shrimp

49. parody

•  an imitation of a serious work or the signature style of a particular author in a ridiculous manner.

Parody in Film

Parody in Film

Parody in Film

Parody in Film

Parody in Film

Parody in Film

Parody in Art: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa

Parody in Music

“The eBay Song” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Weird Al Parody of “I Want It That Way”

(by the Backstreet Boys)

Parody in Music

Listen to this song and follow its lyrics at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ

A used ... pink bathrobe A rare ... mint snowglobe A Smurf ... TV tray I bought on eBay.

My house ... is filled with this crap shows up in bubble wrap most every day what I bought on eBay.

Tell me why I need another pet rock. Tell me why I got that Alf alarm clock. Tell me why I bid on Shatner's old toupee. They had it on eBay!

I'll buy ... your knick-knack Just check ... my feedback “A++!" they all say. They love me on eBay.

Gonna buy a slightly-damaged golf bag. Gonna buy some Beanie Babies, new with tag from some guy I've never met in Norway… found him on eBay.

I am the type who is liable to snipe you with two seconds left to go. Whoa! Got Paypal or Visa, whatever'll please ya, as long as I've got the dough!

I'll buy ... your tchotchkes. Sell me ... your watch, please. I'll buy (I'll buy, I'll buy, I'll buy ...)

I'm highest bidder now! Junk keeps arriving in the mail from that worldwide garage sale. Dukes Of Hazzard ashtray (Hey! A Dukes Of Hazzard ashtray) Oh yeah ... I bought it on eBay!

Wanna buy a PacMan Fever lunchbox. Wanna buy a case off vintage tube socks. Wanna buy a Kleenex used by Dr. Dre (Dr. Dre). Found it on eBay.

Wanna buy that Farrah Fawcett poster, Pez dispensers, and a toaster. Don't know why ... the kind of stuff you'd throw away. I'll buy on eBay.

What I bought on eBay-y-y-y-y-y-y.

Wanna buy that Farrah Fawcett poster, Pez dispensers, and a toaster. Don't know why ... the kind of stuff you'd throw away. I'll buy on eBay.

What I bought on eBay-y-y-y-y-y-y.

How do parody and satire differ?

•  Parody is simply a humorous imitation of form.

•  Satire is using a ridiculous scenario to make a finer point.

50. paradox

para means beyond doxa means to think 

A paradox, then, is a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.

Examples of paradox: •  Jesus used paradox in his teaching:

“They have ears but hear not.” •  Deep down he’s really very shallow. •  When you increase your knowledge,

you see how little you know. •  “Some day you will be old enough to

start reading fairy tales again.” (C.S. Lewis to his godchild, Lucy Barfield, to whom he dedicated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.)