Glossary of Literary Terms


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Glossary of Literary Terms

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Genre

A genre is a category of literature identified by form, content, and style. Genres allow literary critics and students to classify compositions within the larger canon of literature.



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Haiku

haiku is a specific type of Japanese poem which has 17 syllables divided into three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Haikus or haiku are typically written on the subject of nature.



Hamartia

Hamartia is the tragic flaw or error that reverses a protagonist’s fortune from good to bad.

Homophone

Homophone is when two or more words have the same sound, but different meanings. They may be spelled the same or differently.



Horror

In literaturehorror is a genre of fiction whose purpose is to create feelings of fear, dread, repulsion, and terror in the audience—in other words, it develops an atmosphere of horror.



Hyperbaton

Hyperbaton is a figure of speech in which the typical, natural order of words is changed as certain words are moved out of order.

 

Hyperbole

Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which an author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. It is used for emphasis or as a way of making a description more creative and humorous.


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