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Homily
Definition:
a speech given by someone before moral correction.
Example:
The speech given by King Hrothgar to Beowulf about his father’s mistake.
Home
literary Terms Part 1
kenning
Alliteration
Wyrd
Patronym
Wergild
caste
In media res
epic
allegory
Allusion
Anaphora
Aphorism
Apostrophe
Archetype
Chaismus
Literary terms Part 2
Conceit
Elegaic
Epithet
Homily
Hubris
Irony
metonymy
motif
Non sequitur
Litnotes
Parallelism
Pathos
Synesthesia
Synecdoche
Understatement
Blogs
Critical reviews
Bibliogaphy