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Lit Terms #9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heroic couplet | two successive lines of rhymed poetry in iambic pentameter |
| hexameter | a stanza of six lines |
| homily | a long speech denouncing someone or something; a story or lecture on a religious or moral theme |
| hubris | the pride or overconfidence which often leads a hero to overlook divine warning or to break a moral law. |
| humor | writing who purpose is to evoke some kind of laughter |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect and emphasis, overstatement |
| iambic | one unaccented, one accented (trap-EZE) |
| iambic pentameter | a metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line |
| idiom | expression that does not translate exactly into what a speaker means. |
| imagery | devices which appeal to the senses; a group of words that help to create a mental "picture" |
| gustatory imagery | imagery appealing to the sense of taste |
| kinetic energy | imagery that appeals to the movement (The flies flew around our heads methodically, never ceasing their obnoxious spinning and swirling.) |
| olfactory imagery | appeals to the sense of smell ( The rotten hippo meat filled the jungle air with sour, putrid smell.) |
| tactile imagery | type of imagery pertaining to the sense of touch (The fuzzy puppy's warm, wet tongue covered my face.) |
| visual imagery | type of imagery that appeals to the sense of sight (From the lighthouse tower shone a glowing beam that streaked across the black waters.) |
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