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The writing of the lives of saints
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Hagiography
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A collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad which, with accounts of his daily practice (the Sunna), constitute the major source of guidance for Muslims apart from the Koran
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Hadith
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A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world
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Haiku
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A rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match
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Half rhyme
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A lengthy and aggressive speech
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Harangue
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The branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, especially of the Bible or literary texts.
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Hermeneutics
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A strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses. Common in English verse
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Heptastich
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A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet
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Hexameter
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A type of comedy characterized by witty dialogue, satire, biting humor, or criticism of life.
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High Comedy
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A novel that has as its setting a period of history and that attempts to convey the spirit of the time, e.g: War and Peace
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Historical Novel
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A rhyme which was acceptable when composed but is no longer because of a change in pronunciation. E.g Join and divine. In the times of Pope, join was pronounced jine.
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Historical Rhyme
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Each of two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins
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Homograph
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A very stupid or glaring mistake, especially an amusing one
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Howler
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Whenever a person ascribes real existence to an abstract concept of mental construct e.g. 'Truth insists I tell the story'
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Hypostatization
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Similar to above, but something abstract is represented as though it was present. In Richard II, the dying John of Gaunt states that he 'sees' England as a sceptred isle
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Hypotyposis
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