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Historical criticism
An approach to literature that uses history as a means of understanding a literary work more clearly
Hubris
Excessive pride or self confidence that leads the protagonist to ignore a warning or violate an important moral law
Hyperbole
An exaggeration of a statement that adds emphasis without it being literally true
-An overstatement-
Iambic pentameter
A metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line
1 unstressed syllable + 1 stressed syllable
image
A word phrase or figure of speech that addresses sense, creating an image in your mind
Informal diction
Plain language that we use every day. It often includes idiomatic expressions, slang and contractions of common words.
Internal rhyme
A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of a line or in the middle of the next.
Irony
A literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations ro reveal a reality.
Intertextuality
The relationship between texts
Line
A sequence of words printed as a separate entity on a page.
In poetry lines are measured by the number of feet they contain.
Manometer - 1 foot
Diameter - 2 feet
Trimester - 3 feet
Tetrameter - 4 feet
Pentameter - 5 feet
Hexameter - 6 feet
Octameter - 7 feet
Marxist criticism
An approach to literature that focuses on the ideological content of a work. It tries to correct social injustices. It focuses on the content and themes of literature.
Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT USING THE WORD LIKE OR AS
Meter
When a rhythmic patter of stresses recurs in a poem. When you combine the name of the line with the name of the foot, you describe the meter of the line.
