Engwish 2

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hubris
The excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death.
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hyperbole
Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
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*in media res*
A Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point.
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invective
A direct verbal assault; a denunciation.
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irony
A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or light sarcasm; a state of affairs or events that is reverse of what might have been expected.
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litotes
A form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis or intensity.
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lyric poetry
Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feeling about the subject.
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metaphor
A figure of speech that compares unlike objects.
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meter
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables found in poetry.
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metonymy
A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated.
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mock epic
A parody of traditional epic form.

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It usually treads a frivolous topic with extreme seriousness, using conventions such as invocations to the Muse, actions-packed battled scenes, and accounts of heroic exploits.
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motif
A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature.
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naturalism
A term often used as a synonym for *realism*; also a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
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*non sequitur*
A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before.
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novel of manners
A novel focusing on and describing the social customs and habits of a particular social group.
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ode
a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings towards the subject.
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paradox
A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true.
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parody
An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject.
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pastoral
A work of literature dealing with rural life.
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pathetic fallacy
Faculty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects.