ELA terms Flashcards
Genre
A type of category of literature
Folktale
A short tale passed down
Fable
A brief story that has a moral
Beast Fable
a Fable that includes animals as the main characters
Myth
Folktales that explain an aspect of life usually with a supernatural aspect
Fairy Tale
Folktale set in an indefinite time with fantasy
Mythology
Collection of myths that describe how the world came to be
Epic
Long stylized poem celebrating the deeds of a hero
Epic Simile
Long simile
Homeric Epithet
Recurring phrase to describe someone
Foil
a character who opposes the protagonist
Archetype
Character types, plot patterns, or images that reoccur throughout the world of literature
Characters
A person or being who performs the action of the story
protagonist
the main character
antagonist
someone against the main character
sympathetic Character
a character with whom the reader identifies or for whom the reader favors
unsympathetic
a character with whom the reader cannot identify or for whom the reader does not favor
character motivation
the reason that a character behaves the way they do
flat character
a character that does not develop
round character
a complex character who goes through changes
static character
a character who remains the same throughout the story
dynamic character
a changing or developing character
verbal irony
saying something they don’t mean
tragic hero
the protagonist in a tragedy
