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a style of writing and speaking that is conversational (everyday, relaxed, informal) and often makes use of colloquialisms, e.g. We were watching the floodwaters rising but then my brother came along and said we should skedaddle, and we could see he was right â??cos the water was getting closer.â??
in film and literature: (also called atmosphere) referring to the emotion or atmosphere in a...
a piece of writing that discusses a topic, e.g. He wrote an essay on French culture. There are...
a figure of speech in which one thing is said and another is to be understood; alternatively,...
the plain, straightforward meaning, derived from a literal interpretation of the text; not the...