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a form of poetry developed in Japan; in English we use three lines, with syllable counts of 5-7-5 or 3-5-3.

rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter

One of two (or more) words that have the same spelling, but different meaning, and sometimes different pronunciation too. (Heteronyms that are pronounced differently are also heterophones.)

Examples:

• sewer
• row
• entrance
• wind.
  

A heteronym is a kind of homonym.

a six-foot line.

A word that appears many more times than most other words in spoken or written language.

A word with the same spelling as another word, whether or not pronounced alike

Examples:

• pen (a writing instrument) vs. pen (an enclosure)
  
• bow (and arrow) vs. bow (of a ship)

A word with different origin and meaning but the same oral or written form as one or more other words

Examples:

• bear (an animal) vs. bear (to support) vs. bare (exposed)

Homonyms include homophones and homographs.

A word with different origin and meaning but the same pronunciation as another word, whether or not spelled alike

Example:

• hair and hare

A figure of speech which uses a deliberate exaggeration (e.g., I have told you a million times).

A word that has a more general meaning than another

Examples:

• in the relationship between chair and furniture, furniture is a hypernym
• in the relationship between horse and animal, animal is a hypernym.

• From Greek hyper (=over).

A word that has a more specific meaning than another

Examples:

• in the relationship between chair and furniture, chair is a hyponym
  
• in the relationship between horse and animal, horse is a hyponym

To make an assertion about something assumed but not positively known.