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Narration in the second person (“You did this. You said that”). A comparatively rare grammatical choice for narration, it has been used increasingly in fiction and even autobiography.
Narration in the second person (“You did this. You said that”). A comparatively rare grammatical choice for narration, it has been used increasingly in fiction and even autobiography.
Sophisms are seemingly credible arguments that are intentionally deceptive.
Sophisms are seemingly credible arguments that are intentionally deceptive.
rising or tending to rise again; reviving
rising or tending to rise again; reviving
Characterization is the process by which a writer makes that character seem real to the reader. Authors have two major methods of presenting characters: showing and telling. Showing allows the author to present a character talking and acting, and lets the ...
Characterization is the process by which a writer makes that character seem real to the reader. Authors have two major methods of presenting characters: showing and telling. Showing allows the author to present a character talking and acting, and lets the ...
To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
Shape and dimensions of the cross-section of a channel.
Shape and dimensions of the cross-section of a channel.
The substitution of an elaborate phrase in place of a simple word or expression, as "fragrant beverage drawn from China's herb" for tea.
The substitution of an elaborate phrase in place of a simple word or expression, as "fragrant beverage drawn from China's herb" for tea.
a period of time spent at the wheel ("my trick's over").
a period of time spent at the wheel ("my trick's over").
In general usage, to ascribe is to give, impute or attribute certain features to some object, person, event or act without justification. In the absence of good evidence, to assert "all politicians are corrupt" is to ascribe a characteristic to a class of ...
In general usage, to ascribe is to give, impute or attribute certain features to some object, person, event or act without justification. In the absence of good evidence, to assert "all politicians are corrupt" is to ascribe a characteristic to a class of ...
the duplication, at the ends of two or more lines of a given poem, for SOME of the sounds in the last stressed syllable of those lines, plus duplication of ALL the sounds in any weakly stressed syllables that might follow the stressed syllable. The vowel of ...
the duplication, at the ends of two or more lines of a given poem, for SOME of the sounds in the last stressed syllable of those lines, plus duplication of ALL the sounds in any weakly stressed syllables that might follow the stressed syllable. The vowel of ...