List 61-80

Question 1

Fantasy

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Farce

Answer 2

Genre and type of comedy that makes use of highly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience

Question 3

Figurative Language

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Fixed forms

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

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

Answer 7

A story within a story
Ex. The Princess Bride

Question 8

Free verse

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Genre

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Homily

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Idiom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.