Infamous Vocab #5 (Euphemism to Irony)

Euphemism

indirectness that replaces directness to avoid being offensive (he passed away vs. he croaked)

Euphony

pleasing sound

Eye Rhyme

rhyme that appears correct in spelling but not in sound (love and move)

External Action

action that happens outside of the actual story

Farce

a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and crude characterization in improbable situations

Fixed Form

poetry named because of a definite pattern (ex. sonnet, haiku, sestina)

Free Verse

no rhyme, meter, or rhythm

Genre

type or category

Hamartia

a fatal character flaw

Heroic Couplet

a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter

Homily

a form of oral religious instruction given by a priest or minister

Humor

anything that causes laughter or amusement

Iamb

a metrical foot consisting of one short unstressed syllable followed by one long stressed syllable (dis-turb)

Idiom

a fixed expression (one that many understand) that has a figurative meaning (ex: she has a green thumb)

Imagery

words and phrases used that appeal to the five senses

Invective

characterized by insult or abuse

Irony

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite of what is expected