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  2. Acrobatics - Wikipedia

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    Though the term initially applied to tightrope walking, [citation needed] in the 19th century, a form of performance art including circus acts began to use the term as well. In the late 19th century, tumbling and other acrobatic and gymnastic activities became competitive sport in Europe. Acrobatics has often served as a subject for fine art.

  3. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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    A device's speech output may be digitized and/or synthesized: digitized systems play recorded words or phrases and are generally more intelligible while synthesized speech uses text-to-speech software that can be harder to understand but that permits the user to spell words and speak novel messages.

  4. Acrostic - Wikipedia

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    An 1850 acrostic by Nathaniel Dearborn, the first letter of each line spelling the name "JENNY LIND". An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. [1]

  5. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Apostrophe – a figure of speech consisting of a sudden turn in a text towards an exclamatory address to an imaginary person or a thing. Arete – virtue, excellence of character, qualities that would be inherent in a "natural leader", a component of ethos. Argument – discourse characterized by reasons advanced to support conclusions.

  6. Human pyramid - Wikipedia

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    Govindas forming a human pyramid to reach the Dahi Handi in Hiranandani Gardens, Mumbai. Human pyramid by the Otago Dancers, at an Otago Highlanders game, May 2012.. A human pyramid is an acrobatic formation of three or more people in which two or more people support a tier of higher people, who in turn may support other, higher tiers of people.

  7. List of acrobatic activities - Wikipedia

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    Cheerleading - is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. Contortion – Performance art in which performers called contortionists showcase their skills of extreme physical flexibility. Corde lisse – Aerial circus skill or act that involves acrobatics on a vertically hanging ...

  8. Acrobatic - Wikipedia

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    To its plural form: This is a redirect from a singular noun to its plural form.. Redirects of this sort exist for reader convenience in cases of singular–plural pairs. It is also used for "false singulars", wherein the plural or plural-looking form is better attested in usage, such that the normal "prefer the singular" Wikipedia naming convention is not followed.

  9. Speech - Wikipedia

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    Speech production is a complex activity, and as a consequence errors are common, especially in children. Speech errors come in many forms and are used to provide evidence to support hypotheses about the nature of speech. [13] As a result, speech errors are often used in the construction of models for language production and child language ...