Preview of Literary Terms 46 to 50 - harlan

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
Parody in Music
“The eBay Song”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Weird Al Parody of
“I Want It That Way”
(by the Backstreet Boys)
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.)