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Genre: Groupings of television programs defined by their narrative structure, thematic content, and style of sound and image.

Parody: A not-uncomplimentary send-up of another work, such as geoffrey chaucer's 'sir thopas' in the canterbury tales. Wendy cope adds many expert modern parodies in her making cocoa for kingsley a . . . View Full Definition

Periodic Essay: The forefather of modern periodicals like magazines and literary journals, these publications contained essays appearing at regular intervals (monthly, quarterly, and so on). The subject-mat . . . View Full Definition

Paratext: In Gérard Genette's work, Paratext: Thresholds of Interpretation, Genette introduces the idea of 'paratext,' i.e., anything external to the text itself that influences the way we read a tex . . . View Full Definition

Parable: Throwing beside or 'placing beside'): A story or short narrative designed to reveal allegorically some religious principle, moral lesson, psychological reality, or general truth. Rather than . . . View Full Definition

Onomatopoeia: The use of sounds that are similar to the noise they represent for a rhetorical or artistic effect. For instance, buzz, click, rattle, and grunt make sounds akin to the noise they represent. . . . View Full Definition

Open Poetic Form: A poem of variable length, one which can consist of as many lines as the poet wishes to write. Every poem written in open poetic form, therefore, is unique. Open poetic form contrasts with c . . . View Full Definition

Periodization: A method of organizing a strength training workout program into several periods, each lasting about four weeks. Each phase has a different emphasis.

Poetic Speaker: The narrative or elegiac voice in a poem (such as a sonnet, ode, or lyric) that speaks of his or her situation or feelings. It is a convention in poetry that the speaker is not the same indi . . . View Full Definition

Poetry: A form of speech or writing that harmonizes the music of its language with its subject. To read a great poem is to bring out the perfect marriage of its sound and thought in a silent or voic . . . View Full Definition