A trial of test that a character undergoes

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1. When an author writes verse using meter, but without end rhymes.

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To begin a story at the beginning

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a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that had not been invented, adopted socially, used as an expression, etc. during the time frame that a story is set.

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An artistic device designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference to something. The replication of a pattern, expression, or associations between texts or works of art.

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A novel about the protagonist maturing/growing up

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a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a “hidden” meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional, idealized heroic attributes. A human hero with “faults” rather than an idealized “god” like hero. A character that lacks the typical attributes of an idealized/perfect hero.

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When an individual uses language that is overly inflated or uses “fancy” words to sound as if they are sophisticated but actually saying little or even nothing that actually makes sense

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a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing various services for ladies because of their "courtly love".

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Emulating or trying to emulate the divine rationality/reason of the son of Zeus

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"Every evening Elizabeth enjoys eating everything extended to her." The underlined elements create an example of this literary device.

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A branch of philosophy concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

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Comedy that makes light of topics that generally considered to be taboo—particularly gruesome or macabre topics.

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Repetition of a word at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.

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When an artist, writer addresses something that cannot respond (i.e. death personified) or a person who is not present and thus cannot respond.

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A characters critical moment of recognition or revelation of their faults/strengths or role in the conflict. In other words, the character recognizes their true nature.

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A poem where the first letters of the lines spell a word or words

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When an artistic work is experimental, unorthodox, daring, innovative, cutting edge, etc. or an artist is known for producing works of this type, they are known as...

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