Book of Job: literary terms

Test

• A task to determine what we can do or what we know

• overcoming a difficult task

• the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise

• an unjust or unfair situation

Trial

• A task to determine what we can do or what we know

• the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise

• Difficult situations we have to face or work to overcome

• Trying something for the first time

a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

• folktale

• prose

• proverb

• prologue

A reference to something that's well known, such as another story or an event in history

• dialogue

• setting

• theme

• allusion

language that exhibits a natural flow of speech and grammatical structure.

• poetry

• prose

• epilogue

• dialogue

a person that contrasts and therefore emphasizes another

• foil

• foe

• enemy

• protagonist

a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

• epilogue

• prologue

• dialogue

• soliloquy

an account of a series of related events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious

• setting

• plot

• narrative

• prologue

uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language

• poetic

• prose

• narrative

• folktale

a device often used in drama when a character speaks to themselves, relating thoughts and feelings,

• irony

• dialogue

• soliloquy

• narrator