Literary terms 7-8

Parody: an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

· Example White and Nerdy vs. Ridin’ Dirty

· Function: a Parody is basically a spoof. They take the rhythm of one thing, such as the song, and change to words. They can be used in songs and literature.

Point of view: a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

· Example: third person (omniscient)

· Function: This is a narrative mode in which the reader is presented the story by a narrator with an overarching point of view, seeing and knowing everything that happens within the world of the story, regardless of the presence of certain characters, including everything all of the characters are thinking and feeling. This is a nice point of view to have in a story with a lot of characters and a lot going on so that you can get the whole idea across by having one central bystander narrating the story who has no impact on the events happening in the book.