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  2. The Bells (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Remaining pages of Poe's handwritten manuscript for "The Bells", 1848. " The Bells " is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic use of the word "bells". The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker and darker as the poem progresses ...

  3. Onomatopoeia - Wikipedia

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    Onomatopoeia. A sign in a shop window in Italy proclaims these silent clocks make "No Tic Tac ", in imitation of the sound of a clock. Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) [1] is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Common onomatopoeias in English include ...

  4. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Cross-linguistics onomatopoeia at WikIdioms (Archived) Derek Abbott's, Animal Noises. Portal for the Greek language and language education, onomatopoeic words in Modern Greek. Onomatopoeia - words for rain that sound like rain.

  5. Cambridge Assessment English - Wikipedia

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    Cambridge Assessment English or Cambridge English develops and produces Cambridge English Qualifications and the International English Language Testing System ().The organisation contributed to the development of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the standard used around the world to benchmark language skills, [2] and its qualifications and tests are aligned with ...

  6. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    Website. ielts.org. International English Language Testing System (IELTS / ˈaɪ.ɛlts /) [6] is an international standardized test of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IDP and Cambridge English, [6] and was established in 1989.

  7. Reading - Wikipedia

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    Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of sight or touch. [1] [2] [3] [4]For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

  8. Onomatopoeiac - Wikipedia

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  9. Poetry - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet.