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a form of the verb that can express action on its own. It indicates tense, shows whether the subject is singular or plural, and what the subject is. E.g. in I play, the finite verb play is in the present tense, has a singular subject and the subject is the first person. (If the subject were third person (he plays) the verb play would have an s at the end.)
See relative clause.
a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article.
the outlook or view of the author, narrator or a character speaking in a particular work, e.g....
a form of poetry that tells a story, e.g. Ulysses (Tennyson).
a sentence that uses the imperative form of the verb and often ends in an exclamation mark or a...