Gee, Gee, Gee, if you Please!!! Matching "G" terms. Tools A B Gaelic Movement founded by Douglas Hyde in the 19th century to preserve the Gaelic language Galliambic Line a line of verse consisting of four-four syllable feet Gallicism diction that follows the French language Gasconade boastful talk Gathering a group of leaves in a book Generative Metrics a theory that analysis the number of positions in a line of verse rather than feet Genre types or categories into which literary works are grouped Genre Criticism criticism dedicated to defining genres Genteel Comedy Addison's term for 18th century comedy Genteel Tradition a tradition of conventional correctness in American writing Georgic Poetry verse about farming and agriculture Gest a tale of war or adventure Gestalt belief that experience preceeds analysis Chazal or Ghasel a lyric of couplets without rhyme Ghost an item found on a list that doesn't really exist; usually an error such as "Gay" instead of "Gray" Ghostwriter one who writes under the name of another Gleeman an Anglo-Saxon musical entertainer Gloss an explanation, usually written in a margin Gnomic writing that deals with ethics and ethical questions Gnostics pre-Christian cults that believed that humans had knowledge of spiritual truth through faith alone Gossip the unofficial exchange of information Gotterdammerung German word meaning "the twilight of the gods"; describes massive collapse or destruction The Graces in Greek myth, the three sister goddesses who represent grace, beauty, and charm; Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia Great Chain of Being the belief that everything is a hierarchy that extends upward; i.e. animals, man, God Grub Street poor poets and writers Mrs. Grundy a character from Morton's play "Speed the Plough" who doesn't appear but judges everything