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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. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    Some lists of common words distinguish between word forms, while others rank all forms of a word as a single lexeme (the form of the word as it would appear in a dictionary). For example, the lexeme be (as in to be ) comprises all its conjugations ( is , was , am , are , were , etc.), and contractions of those conjugations. [ 5 ]

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  5. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .

  6. 2 teens killed, 3 wounded in shooting at Houston pop-up party

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    A shooting at a pop-up party in Houston left two 16-year-olds dead and three others wounded, including a 13-year-old girl, who is now in critical condition, according to authorities.

  7. Can Army make College Football Playoff? How Notre Dame ...

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    ESPN's College Football Playoff predictor machine gives Army an 11% chance to make the CFP, which ranks 21st nationally. Army's chances are notably behind Notre Dame's 69% chance and Tulane's 19% ...

  8. Hannah Kobayashi’s family is tearing itself apart over who ...

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    It all spilled out into public this week when Kobayashi's sister Sydni blasted her aunt Larie Pidgeon — who had become a de facto spokesperson for updates on the search for the missing 30-year ...

  9. JetPunk - Wikipedia

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    JetPunk is an online trivia and quizzing website. The service offers a variety of quizzes in different topics, such as geography, history, science, literature, and music. [2] [3] The site offers quizzes in a variety of languages, including but not limited to: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, German, Finnish, Portuguese, and Polish. [4]