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meaning that is not obvious. Subtext is revealed by 'reading between the lines'. Subtext can be subtle (well hidden) or fairly obvious. Subtexts can also be important or trivial, e.g. if every bad person in a film is a smoker and every good person is a non-smoker, then the subtext is that smokers are bad people.
a one-page document used to advertise something or promote a cause, e.g. We distributed anti-fur...
the part of a sentence that tells us who or what receives the action of the verb. The object can...
sharp (clever) humour. Wit is not necessarily biting or angry, but it can be. Shakespeare wrote...
in literature: the attitude and influence of the writer, evident in the feel of the writing.
a kind of dictionary which provides synonyms, e.g. A synonyms for to die is to pass away;...