| Term | Definition |
|---|
| enjambment | continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of a poem to the next without pause |
| epic | very long narrative poem on a serious theme |
| epitaph | lines that commemorate the dead at their burial place |
| euphemism | word/phrase used in place of a harsh/unpleasant word |
| euphony | when sounds blend harmoniously |
| explicit | to write something directly and clearly |
| farce | broad humor |
| feminine rhyme | lines rhymed by their final two syllables |
| first person narrator | character in the story that tells the story from his/her own perspective |
| foil | secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of the main character |
| foot | basic rhythmic unit of a line of poetry |
| foreshadowing | event or statement in a narrative that suggests a larger event to come later |
| free verse | a poem w/o a rhyme scheme or pattern |
| genre | a sub-category of literature |
| Gothic | sensibility derived from Gothic novels |
| Hubris | excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main characters downfall |
| hyperbole | exaggeration or deliberate overstatement |
| implicit | to say/write something that suggest/implies but never says it directly |
| in medias res | "in the midst of things" |
| interior monologue | writing that records the mental talking that goes on inside a characters head |
| inversion | switching customary order of elements in a sentence/phrase |
| irony | undertow of meaning |
| verbal irony | sarcasm |
| situational irony | accidental events occure that seem oddly appropriate |
| elegy | type of poem that meditates on death or mortality in a serious thoughtful manner |
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