101. Nonet: the nine-line stanza. Spenserian stanza: ababbcbcc.

102. Nonfiction: It refers to any prose narrative that tells about things as the actually happened or that presents factual information about something. The purpose of this kind of writing is to give a

presumably accurate accounting of a person’s life. Writers of nonfiction use the major forms of discourse: description (an impression of the subject); narration (the telling of the story); exposition (explanatory information); persuasion (an argument to influence people’s thinking). Forms: autobiography, biography, essay, story, editorial, letters to the editor found in newspaper, diary, journal, travel literature.

103. Novel: A book-length fictional prose narrative, having may characters and often a complex plot.

104. Octava: the eight-line stanza. 2 quatrains/ 2 triplets + 1 couplet.

105. Ode: A complex and often lengthy lyric poem, written in a dignified formal style on some lofty or serious subject. Odes are often written for a special occasion, to honor a person or a season or to commemorate an event.

106. Onomatopoeia: The use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning.

107. Oxymoron: a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas or terms. An oxymoron suggests a paradox, but it does so very briefly, usually in two or three words.

108. Paradox: A statement that reveals a kind of truth, although it seems at first to be self-contradictory and untrue.

109. Parallelism: (a figure of speech) The use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary in structure or in meaning. Parallelism is a form of repetition.

110. Parody: The humorous imitation of a work of literature, art, or music. A parody often achieves its humorous effect through the use of