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Terms for subject Literature (1001 entries)

homily	A saying or phrase with an inspirational message.
Honest Open Logical Debate	HOLD
Honorary ToastMaster	HTM
Horatian ode	A poem in ode form with a particular pattern to the stanzas.
Horatian satire	A satire named for the Roman satirist Horace. It is a satire with an amused and tolerant voice.
horror story	A genre of prose fiction that aims to create a sense of fear, disgust, or horror in the reader.
Houston Uptown Professional Singles Toastmasters Club	HUPS
How Not To Babble Toastmasters Club	HNTB
hubris	All consuming pride or arrogance.
Hugo award	Award for Science fiction works.
humanism	A philosophical belief that rejects religious belief and emphasizes science, human endeavour in the natural world and reason.
hymn	A song, prayer or speech in honour of God.
hypallage	A reversal in the relationship of the meaning of two words.
hyperbaton	Unexpected use of word order, usually for emphasis.
hyperbole	The literary device of exaggeration or overstatement. For example 'The boy was as big as a whale'.
hypercatalectic	A poetic line which has an additional syllable after the final beat or foot.
hypercorrection	An inappropriate correction to grammar.
hypertext novel	Electronic literature which makes provision for reader reaction through the use of hypertext links.
hysteron-proteron	An expression or phrase in which the usual order of the words are reversed.
iamb	A unit or foot of poetry that is made up of a lightly stressed syllable followed by a heavily stressed syllable. "Inscribe" and "restore" are examples of words which naturally follow this pattern

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