| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Genre | Used to define form or type of literature (and more) |
| Gothic Novel | A type of fiction that is characterized by gloomy castles, ghosts, and supernatural happenings (and more) |
| Historical Fiction | Contemporary fiction that is set in the past |
| Horror Fiction | Contains mysterious and often supernatural events to create terror |
| Hubris | Derived from the Greek word hybris, meaning "excessive pride". (and more) |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humourous effect (and more) |
| Idiom | An expression whose meaning is different from the sum of the meaning of its individual words |
| Imagery | Used to describe the words or phrases, which bring forth a certain picture or image in the mind of the reader (and more) |
| Impressionism | The recording of events and situations as they have been impressed upon the mind |
| Inference | A logical guess based on evidence (and more) |
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