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The term decimation was first used in English to mean a tax of one-tenth (or tithe). Through a process of semantic change starting in the 17th century, the word evolved to refer to any extreme reduction in the number of a population or force, or an overall sense of destruction and ruin, not strictly in the punitive sense or to a reduction by ...
English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world.The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. [1] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English.
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 ...
Middle English literature is written, then, in the many dialects that correspond to the history, culture, and background of the individual writers. While Anglo-Norman or Latin was preferred for high culture and administration, English literature by no means died out, and a number of important works illustrate the development of the language.
Pale Fire (1962) by Vladimir Nabokov [11] Labyrinths (1962) by Jorge Luis Borges [11] A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess [17] The Man in the High Castle (1962) by Philip K. Dick [18] Mother Night (1962) by Kurt Vonnegut [19] V. (1963) by Thomas Pynchon [20] Blow-up and Other Stories (1963) by Julio Cortázar [21] Cat's Cradle (1963 ...
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An idiom is an expression that has a figurative meaning often related, but different from the literal meaning of the phrase. Example: You should keep your eye out for him. A pun is an expression intended for a humorous or rhetorical effect by exploiting different meanings of words. Example: I wondered why the ball was getting bigger. Then it ...
11th or 12th century – Betha Meic Creiche (Life of Mac Creiche, in Middle Irish) c. 11th century – The Records of Origin on Things and Affairs (事物纪原), by Gao Cheng; Heian period. Sarashina Nikki (更級日記, a travel diary) by Takasue's Daughter