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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. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Principal is an adjective meaning "main" (though it can also be a noun meaning the head of a college or similar institution). Principle is a noun meaning a fundamental belief or rule of action. Standard: The principal achievement of the nineteenth century is the rise of industry. Standard: He got sent to the principal's office for talking ...

  4. Redux (literary term) - Wikipedia

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    Works of literature using the word in the title include John Dryden's Astraea Redux (1662), "a poem on the happy restoration and return of His Sacred Majesty"; Anthony Trollope's Phineas Redux (1873), the sequel to Phineas Finn (1867); and John Updike's Rabbit Redux (1971), the second in his sequence of novels about the character Rabbit Angstrom.

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  6. Jingoism - Wikipedia

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    At the time when the above song was composed and sung, the Russians were nearing their goal, through the Treaty of San Stefano; eventually, the British were able to push the Russians back by means of diplomatic pressure and the threat of war. The phrase "by Jingo" was a minced oath, scarcely documented in writing, used in place of "by Jesus ...

  7. Chiasmus - Wikipedia

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    Chiasmus was particularly popular in the literature of the ancient world, including Hebrew, Greek, Latin and K'iche' Maya, [7] where it was used to articulate the balance of order within the text. Many long and complex chiasmi have been found in Shakespeare [ 8 ] and the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible . [ 9 ]

  8. Carson Beck injury update: Georgia awaiting MRI results ... - AOL

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    Georgia football coach Kirby Smart provided an update on quarterback Carson Beck's injury on ESPN's CFP selection show. Here's the latest:

  9. Diction - Wikipedia

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    Diction (Latin: dictionem (nom. dictio), "a saying, expression, word"), [1] in its original meaning, is a writer's or speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a piece of writing such as a poem or story.