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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. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards, matching games, practice electronic assessments, and live quizzes. In 2017, 1 in 2 high school students used Quizlet. [ 4 ] As of December 2021, Quizlet has over 500 million user-generated flashcard sets and more than 60 million active users.

  4. Split Second (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Split Second is a crime fiction novel written by American writer David Baldacci. This is the first novel in the King and Maxwell book series . The book was published on September 30, 2003, by Grand Central Publishing .

  5. Split Second (1992 film) - Wikipedia

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    Split Second is a 1992 science fiction action horror film directed by Tony Maylam and Ian Sharp, [5] and written by Gary Scott Thompson.A co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom, the film stars Rutger Hauer as a burnt-out police detective obsessively hunting down the mysterious serial killer who killed his partner several years prior.

  6. Split Second - Wikipedia

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    Literature. Split Second, a 2003 novel by David Baldacci; The Split ... Split Second, a 1979 novel by Garry Kilworth; Other uses. Split/Second, ...

  7. Word order - Wikipedia

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    The subject, verb, and object can come in any order in a Latin sentence, although most often (especially in subordinate clauses) the verb comes last. [26] Pragmatic factors, such as topic and focus, play a large part in determining the order. Thus the following sentences each answer a different question: [27] "Romulus Romam condidit."

  8. The Split Second - Wikipedia

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    The Split Second is the second novel in The Seems series. It was published by Bloomsbury Publishing and written by John Hulme and Michael Wexler. It follows Becker Drane, a Fixer for The Seems on a Mission to retrieve a Second. A Second is a mineral in The Seems which provides Time for our World.

  9. Tmesis - Wikipedia

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    In its strictest sense, tmesis (/ ˈ t m iː s ɪ s, t ə ˈ m iː-/; plural tmeses / ˈ t m iː s iː s, t ə ˈ m iː-/; Ancient Greek: τμῆσις tmēsis – "a cutting" < τέμνω temnō, "I cut") is a word compound that is divided into two parts, with another word infixed between the parts, thus constituting a separate word compound.