ethopoeia

noun2

1. •
   (rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.

   • The situation envisioned is the contest for a prize described in Herodotus 8.123 and cast in the form of ethopoeia. — 2003
2. •
   (rhetoric) An instance of this technique.

   • In their ethopoeias of the ideal lover, de la Torre, Ribera, and Luduefia emphasize, as we have seen, eloquence, good physical proportions, youth, elegance, discretion and honesty. — 1976