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Genre

A category or type of literature based on its style, form and content

Hyperbole

Obvious, extravagant exaggeration or overstatement, not intended to be taken literally, but used figuratively to create humor or emphasis

Iambic pentameter

5 iambic units per line

Free verse

Poetry that does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme

Imaginary

The making of "pictures in words" achieved through the use of descriptive or figuative language

Irony

An unexpected twist

Verbal irony

When a character says the exact opposite of whay he/ she really means

Situational irony

When the opposite of what is expected happens

Dramatic irony

When the reader knows something that the character(s) in the story do (es) not

Litotes

A figure of speech that serves as an antonym of a hyperbole; understatement by stating the opposite of its negative