IambicIambic

A rhythm in which the dominant accent A rhythm in which the dominant accent usually falls on the second syllable of usually falls on the second syllable of each foot.each foot.

EXAMPLE: EXAMPLE: balbal--loonloon

Any sensory detail in a work; more narrowly, the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe

Imagery

ExampleExample: : He clasps the crag with crooked hands;He clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely lands,Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world, he standsRinged with the azure world, he stands

Imperative

Noun: A command; an order.

Example: UP! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble?

By William Wordsworth

Independent Clause

An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence.

Example:

Dr. Watters, who hyperbolizes my age, looks pretty decent for a guy almost 70.

In Medias Res

A literary device where a story actually begins “in the middle of things” instead of at the beginning

EXAMPLE: In the Odyssey, for example, we first learn about Odysseus' journey when he is held captive on Calypso's island, even though, as we find out in Books IX through XII, the greater part of Odysseus' journey actually precedes that moment in the narrative.

Inference

a. The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true.b. The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

EXAMPLE: After reading Hamlet and examining the several instances when Hamlet did nothing except talk about his problems, I could inferr that his main character flaw was his fear to take action.

Rhyme contained within one line of Rhyme contained within one line of poetrypoetry

EXAMPLE:EXAMPLE:

The The splendorsplendor falls on castle falls on castle walls.walls.

Internal Rhyme

Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution, usually involving person, topic, or institution, usually involving negative emotional language.negative emotional language.

EXAMPLE:EXAMPLE:"A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, "A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base,

proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable, taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd in way of good service, and art nothing but be a bawd in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and the son and heir to a mongrel bitch: one whom I will and the son and heir to a mongrel bitch: one whom I will beat into clamorous whining if thou deni'st the least beat into clamorous whining if thou deni'st the least syllable of thy addition." syllable of thy addition." (William Shakespeare, (William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearThe Tragedy of King Lear, II.2) , II.2)

Invective

The contrast between actual meaning and the The contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning.suggestion of another meaning.

Verbal ironyVerbal irony: meaning one thing and saying : meaning one thing and saying another.another.

Example: Example: Julius Caesar by ShakespeareJulius Caesar by Shakespeare"Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;"Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man".And Brutus is an honourable man".

(Mark Antony really means that Brutus is dishonourable.)(Mark Antony really means that Brutus is dishonourable.)

Irony

Dramatic IronyDramatic Irony: : Words or acts of a Words or acts of a character that may carry a meaning character that may carry a meaning unperceived by the character or other unperceived by the character or other character but understood by the audience.character but understood by the audience.

ExampleExample: : In In Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet by William by William Shakespeare, when Romeo finds Juliet in a Shakespeare, when Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged sleep, he assumes her to be dead drugged sleep, he assumes her to be dead and kills himself. Upon awakening to find and kills himself. Upon awakening to find her dead lover beside her, Juliet then kills her dead lover beside her, Juliet then kills herself.herself.

Situational IronySituational Irony: when the reality of a : when the reality of a situation differs from the anticipated situation differs from the anticipated or intended effect; when something or intended effect; when something unexpected occurs.unexpected occurs.

ExampleExample: : "Seated in a stenographer's chair, "Seated in a stenographer's chair, tapping away at a typewriter that had served tapping away at a typewriter that had served him through four years of college, he (who him through four years of college, he (who hated traveling) wrote a series of guidebooks for hated traveling) wrote a series of guidebooks for people forced to travel on business."people forced to travel on business."

JargonJargon

Specialized or technical language of a Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group.trade, profession, or similar group.

Example: Example:

While trying to While trying to interfaceinterface one program with one program with another, the computer another, the computer crashedcrashed..