| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Foot | The basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of verse. |
| Foreshadowing | The act of present materias hat hint at evetns tooccur later in a story. |
| Form | The externam patter or shape of a poem, describable without reference to its content. |
| Free Verse | No meter & no rhyme. |
| Gothic Novel | A long sotry containing elements of horror, suspense, mystery, and magic. |
| Hamartia | Tragic error in judgment, usually by the central figure of a tragedy. |
| Hubris | Excessive pride generally resulting in downfall. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration or overstatement. |
| Iamb | Unstressed, stressed |
| Iambic Pentameter | Unstressed, stressed with 5 feet/line. |
| Interpretive Literature | Literature that provides valid insights nto the nature of human life or behavior. |
| Inversion | A poetic technique in which the normal order of words in an utterance is altered. |
| Imagery | The representation through language of ense experience. |
| Interior Monologue | Thoughts rather than speaking of created character. |
| Irony | The use of words to express something different from and often opposite of their literal meaning. |
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