Verb tense used to indicate completion in the future of something that is currently not complete, for example, By this time tomorrow he will have left.
A more extensive list of grammatical terms is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
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Future perfect
Genre
Different styles or categories of literature.
Gerund
Noun ending in -ing that is formed from a verb, for example, smoking.
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Hamartia
A flaw or failure in a character, that they themselves are not usually able to see, that leads to his or her downfall.
A more extensive list of literary terms, with quotations from fiction and non-fiction sources showing the terms in use, is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
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Homophone
Two or more words which sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings, for example ‘would’ and ‘wood’, ‘flower’ and ‘flour’.
A more extensive list of literary terms, with quotations from fiction and non-fiction sources showing the terms in use, is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
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