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  2. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  3. Opening sentence - Wikipedia

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    Techniques to hold the reader's attention include keeping the opening sentence to the point, showing attitude, shocking, and being controversial. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] One of the most famous opening lines, " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ", starts a sentence of 118 words [ 4 ] that draws the reader in by its contradiction; the first ...

  4. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    In English, objects and complements nearly always come after the verb; a direct object precedes other complements such as prepositional phrases, but if there is an indirect object as well, expressed without a preposition, then that precedes the direct object: give me the book, but give the book to me.

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    The English-language titles of compositions (books and other print works, songs and other audio works, films and other visual media works, paintings and other artworks, etc.) are given in title case, in which every word is given an initial capital except for certain less important words (as detailed at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters ...

  6. Lead paragraph - Wikipedia

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    In journalism, the failure to mention the most important, interesting or attention-grabbing elements of a story in the first paragraph is sometimes called "burying the lead". Most standard news leads include brief answers to the questions of who, what, why, when, where, and how the key event in the story took place. In newspaper writing, the ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Lead section

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    Do not overload the first sentence by describing everything notable about the subject. Instead, spread the relevant information out over the entire lead. Avoid cluttering the first sentence with a long parenthetical containing items like alternative spellings and pronunciations: these can make the sentence difficult to read.