List 4: Words 61-80

Question 1

Fantasy (N)

Answer 1

A story that contains an unreal world or unreal characters
Ex. Lord of the Rings

Question 2

Farce (N)

Answer 2

Genre and type of comedy that makes use of highly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience
Ex. The Three Stooges, National Lampoon’s Christman Vacation

Question 3

Figurative Language (N)

Answer 3

A way of saying one thing but meaning another
Ex. metaphors, similes, personification

Question 4

Fixed forms (N)

Answer 4

A poem may be categorized by the pattern of its lines, meter, rhythm, or stanzas
Ex. haiku, sonnet

Question 5

Flat character

Answer 5

A character in fiction that is uncomplicated and doesn’t change
Ex. Cinderella, Mr. Collins

Question 6

Foil (N)

Answer 6

A character that serves to highlight one or more attributes of another character, often the protagonist, by providing contrast
Ex. Watson (to Sherlock Holmes)

Question 7

Frame device (N)

Answer 7

A story within a story
Ex. The Princess Bride

Question 8

Free verse (N)

Answer 8

Poetry that has no meter, no rhyme
Ex. sounds like a conversation

Question 9

Genre (N)

Answer 9

A category of literary composition
Ex. Poetry, prose, drama, mystery, comedy

Question 10

Homily (N)

Answer 10

Literally “sermon”, or any serious talk, speech, or lecture providing moral or spiritual advice
Ex. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards

Question 11

Hubris (N)

Answer 11

Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about their downfall
Ex. Lucifer, Gaston

Question 12

Idiom (N)

Answer 12

A set expression or phrase comprising two or more words, typically specific to a culture
Ex. Raining cats and dogs, stirring up a hornet’ nest, head over heels

Question 13

In media res (Adv)

Answer 13

Describes how a narrative begins, not at the beginning of a story, but somewhere in the middle - usually at some crucial point in the action
Ex. Dante’s Inferno begins in the forest

Question 14

Invective (N)

Answer 14

A direct verbal assault, a denunciation
Ex. Lily-livered boy, poisonous bunch-backed toad, thou art a boil, a plague sore

Question 15

Jargon (N)

Answer 15

The use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession, or trade
10-4, stat, AWOL, anticipatory set

Question 16

Juxtaposition (N)

Answer 16

When one theme or idea or person is paralleled to another for effect
Ex. a man walking a well-groomed dog versus a rough dog with a spiked collar

Question 17

Legend (N)

Answer 17

A sort of narrative that lies somewhere between myth and historical act, and which, as a rule, is about a particular figure or person
Ex. King Arthur and knights of the round table

Question 18

Lyric (N)

Answer 18

A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker (1st person)
Most sonnets

Question 19

Malapropism

Answer 19

The act of using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar is pronunciation
Ex. Having one wife is called monotony. Or I want to be apart of the team. Or he had to have surgery on the cartridge in his knee.

Question 20

Maxim (N)

Answer 20

A maxim is a simple and memorable line, quote, or rule for taking action and leading a good life. Much like a proverb or aphorism
Ex. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. A little learning is a dangerous thing.