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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. Gloss (annotation) - Wikipedia

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    A gloss is a notation regarding the main text in a document. Shown is a parchment page from the Royal Library of Copenhagen. A gloss is a brief notation, especially a marginal or interlinear one, of the meaning of a word or wording in a text. It may be in the language of the text or in the reader's language if that is different.

  4. Category:Literature lists - Wikipedia

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    List of feminist literature; List of fiction works made into feature films (0–9, A–C) List of fiction works made into feature films (D–J) List of fiction works made into feature films (K–R) List of fiction works made into feature films (S–Z) Lists of works of fiction made into feature films; List of fictional towns in literature

  5. Outline of books - Wikipedia

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    Notes – a list of author comments or citations of a reference work, these may also be found within the main text at the bottom of a page. Bibliography – a list of the works consulted when writing the body; Colophon – a brief description with production notes relevant to the edition and may include a printer's mark or logotype.

  6. Siviyar - Wikipedia

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    Royal palanquin bearers. The name is derived from the Tamil word Civikai meaning "palanquin" and the suffix -ar denoting honorific plural. [4] [5] The headmen of them were known as Kūriyan, meaning "proclaimer", in reference to his proclaiming or announcement of the titles of the person whom he carries before the palanquin.

  7. Eighteen Lesser Texts - Wikipedia

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    The Eighteen Lesser Texts, known as the Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku (Tamil: பதினெண்கீழ்கணக்கு) in the literature, is a collection of ...

  8. 16th century in literature - Wikipedia

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    It can therefore claim to be the first literary work created in the New World. [4] 1521 June 29 or 30 – Neacșu's letter is the oldest surviving dateable document written primarily in Romanian (using the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet). 1522 Luo Guanzhong's 14th-century compilation Romance of the Three Kingdoms is first printed as Sanguozhi ...

  9. 1842 in poetry - Wikipedia

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    Charles Timothy Brooks, translator, Songs and Ballads, translations of German poems [3]; William Cullen Bryant, The Fountain and Other Poems, a collection of parts of a larger work, never to be completed; published in response to many requests for a longer, more ambitious work of poetry [4]