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Literary Terms 41-60
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| epigram | a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying |
| epigraph | a saying or statement on the title page of a work, or heading of a chapter |
| epihany | a moment of sudden revelation or insight |
| epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or burial place |
| epithet | term used to point out a characteristic of a person |
| enlogy | formal speech praising a person who has died |
| enphemism | an indirect, less offensive way of saying something is unpleasant |
| exclamatory sentence | a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark |
| expletive | an interjection to lend emphasis |
| fable | a brief story that leads to a moral |
| fantasy | a story that concerns the unreal world or unreal characters |
| figurative language | language employing 1 or more figures of speech (simile ,metaphor, imagery) |
| 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 story |
| foreshadowing | the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what comes later |
| frame device | a story within a story |
| genre | a major category or type or literature |
| homily | a sermon or moralistic lecture |
| hubris | excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy |
| hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create an effect |
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