Terms 41-60 Flashcards
Epigram
a brief, pithy, often paradoxical saying
Epigraph
a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work
Epiphany
a moment of sudden revelation or insight
Epitaph
an inscription on a tombstone or burial place
Epithet
a term used to point out a characteristic of a person. Homeric epithets are often compound adjectives (“swift-foot Achilles”) that become an almost formulaic part of a name. Epithets can be abusive or offensive but are not so by definition. For example, athletes may be proud of their given epithets (“The Rocket”)
Eulogy
a formal speech praising a person who had died
Euphemism
an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
Exclamatory Sentence
a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark
Expletive
an interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes profane
Fable
a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters
Fantasy
a story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters; a fantasy may be merely whimsical, or it may present a serious point
Figurative
language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)
Flashback
the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
Flat Character
a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story
Foreshadowing
the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work
