Statistics for Literary Terms - H

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world	Haiku	100%
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	Hadith	43%
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	Historical Novel	43%
The writing of the lives of saints	Hagiography	29%
A lengthy and aggressive speech	Harangue	29%
The branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, especially of the Bible or literary texts.	Hermeneutics	29%
A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet	Hexameter	29%
Each of two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins	Homograph	29%
A rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match	Half rhyme	14%
A strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses. Common in English verse	Heptastich	14%
A type of comedy characterized by witty dialogue, satire, biting humor, or criticism of life.	High Comedy	14%
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.	Historical Rhyme	14%
A very stupid or glaring mistake, especially an amusing one	Howler	14%
Whenever a person ascribes real existence to an abstract concept of mental construct e.g. 'Truth insists I tell the story'	Hypostatization	14%
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	Hypotyposis	14%

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