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the part of a play or story that takes place once the story has reached its climax and the rest of the events are revealed. The tension is over and the audience can predict much of what will happen next. E.g. In Othello, after Othello has murdered Desdemona (the climax) the rest of the play represents the falling action.
a figure of speech in which a writer makes a reference to person or text she or he assumes the...
a non-finite verb that cannot stand on its own; a 'helping' verb that precedes the main verb, e....
variation in the pitch of a speaking voice. It determines the typical sound pattern of any...
a visual text such as an illustration, graph, chart or photograph.
the sentence that defines a paragraph. A topic sentence should be able to stand alone without...