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see irony.
to look quickly at headings, sub-headings and topic sentences to get a general idea of what a...
informal language, often used and understood by particular or exclusive groups of people, e.g....
informal language, often used and understood by particular or exclusive groups of people, e.g....
a special effect that presents the action at a slower than normal pace. This can be used for...
the social and political circumstances in which a story or action takes place, e.g. Wealthy...
when the focus of the subject of an image is fuzzy, creating a romantic effect.
a speech by a single character in a play. In it, he or she conveys his or her thoughts to the...
a fourteen line poem, with a set rhyme scheme. See Petrarchan sonnet and Shakespearean sonnet...
a figure of speech such as alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia, that uses sound to create...