an important character who is in opposition to the hero or protagonist in a literary work, e.g....
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Grade 12
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Ante- means 'before'; demo- means 'of the people'; il- means 'not';...
Type: Glossary
(also called bathos) a figure of speech in which there is a sudden change in style from the...
Type: Glossary
a figure of speech in which an apparent contradiction is made, and in which the two contrasting...
Type: Glossary
a sentence in which two clauses are balanced against each other, e.g. Man proposes, God...
Type: Glossary
a word opposite in meaning to another word, e.g. good is an antonym of bad....
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in language: a punctuation mark used to show either possession, e.g. the girl's bags (...
Type: Glossary
a figure of speech in which an absent person or thing is addressed as if they are there and able...
Type: Glossary
an addition to a text, e.g. a book or essay, usually provided at the end of the text. For...
Type: Glossary
(old-fashioned style) a style of writing and speaking that consistently uses out-of-date words...