G-I Flashcards
Genre
a term used to describe literary forms, such as novel, play, and essay
Heroic Couplet
two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter and used widely in eighteenth-century verse
Hubris
the excessive pride that often leads tragic heroes to their death
Hyperbole
overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
Idyll
a lyric poem or passage that describes a kind of ideal life or place
Image
a word or phrase representing that which can be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, or felt
In Media Res
a Latin term for a narrative that starts not at the beginning of events but at some other critical point
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 the reverse of what might have been expected
