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what a writer of a text is trying to achieve; the particular message the writer is trying to convey. A writer can use many techniques to achieve her or his intention. The most obvious technique is word choice (diction) but others include language use, style, omission, selection, paragraphing and punctuation.
an important character who is in opposition to the hero or protagonist in a literary work, e.g....
a sentence that ends with a question mark, e.g. Are you coming?
a word that is written the same way and sounds like another word, but which has different...
the closest part of a picture to the viewer in a photograph or film shot.
a figure of speech in which we attribute human characteristics to an inanimate object, e.g. the...