Characterization
Who is the enemy or opposing force of the main character?
Antagonist
What is a poetic comparison between two objects using words “like”or “as”?
Simile
What is the Greek term for us to describe deep emotion and passion or something in literature that arouses the feeling of sadness sympathy or pity?
Pathos
What is a technique where the words or the situation are at variance with the actual facts and create a cynically humorous contrast?
Irony
What is the term for a short expression that teaches a moral point or makes an observation about common concerns?
Gnomic saying
What do you call a character who does not develop or change throughout a narrative?
Static character
What is a poetic comparison between two unlike objects, saying one thing is something else?
Metaphor
What is the use of humor in the midst of tender or depressing scenes?
Comic relief
What is an element in a story that is inappropriate for the time period (like a medieval knight wearing a wristwatch)?
Anachronism
What to you call an expression that condenses a wise saying into a few words, usually making a general observation about life or the human condition?
Aphorism
What is the term for characters who reveal more of themselves as the story goes on?
Round character
What is an elaborate, improbable comparison between two very unlike things to create an imaginative connection between them?
Conceit
What is the use of written word or speeches to create an emotional feeling in the reader to persuade them to accept a point of view?
Propoganda
What did Tolkien define as “bogus ‘medieval stuff which attempts (without knowledge) to give a supposed temporal color with expletives, such as tush, pish, zounds, marry, and the like" and which is sometimes the result of poor writing and sometimes used for comic effect?
Tushery
What do we call a success that comes with great losses or unacceptable costs?
Pyrrhic victory
What kind of character that or grows as the literary work progresses?
Dynamic character
What is the rhetorical strategy of extending a metaphor through an entire narrative?
Allegory
What do you call a feeling of emotional cleansing that takes place when you feel grief or pity over the sufferings of character in a play, story, or movie?
Catharsis
What do you call a person or thing that is mysterious?
Enigma
What is a novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character?
Bildungsroman
What do you call a character about whom little is known?
Flat character
What do you call a likeness to truth and therefore, the appearance of being real or true even when fantastic?
Verisimilitude
What is a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant?
Premonition
What is a literary device by which an author deliberately says less than he means in order to add irony or humor to a scene?
Understatement
What is a term that is latin for “where are…” and which was a common form of latin and medieval poetry which reflects on the transitory nature of life by asking a series of “where are” questions?
Ubi sunt poetry