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  2. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Gramogram: a word or sentence in which the names of the letters or numerals are used to represent the word; Lipogram: a writing in which certain letter is missing Univocalic: a type of poetry that uses only one vowel; Palindrome: a word or phrase that reads the same in either direction

  3. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    A poem or other form of writing in which the last letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. [57] tenor tercet terza rima tetrameter tetrastich text textual criticism textuality Theatre of Cruelty Theatre of the Absurd theme thesis thesis play third-person narrative ...

  4. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    All contain graphemes that represent phonetic (sound-based) elements as well. These phonetic elements may be used on their own (to represent, for example, grammatical inflections or foreign words), or may serve as phonetic complements to a logogram (used to specify the sound of a logogram that might otherwise represent more than one word). In ...

  5. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Alliteration: the repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line. [1] Cross rhyme; Holorime: identical pronunciation of different lines; in other words, when two entire lines have the same sound; Imperfect rhyme (aka half or near rhyme) Monorhyme; Pararhyme; Perfect rhyme (aka full or exact ...

  6. Acrostic - Wikipedia

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    An 1850 acrostic by Nathaniel Dearborn, the first letter of each line spelling the name "JENNY LIND". An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. [1]

  7. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Terministic screens – a term coined by Kenneth Burke to explain the way in which the world is viewed when taking languages and words into consideration. Tmesis – separating the parts of a compound word by a different word (or words) to create emphasis or other similar effects. Topos – a line or specific type of argument.

  8. List of glossing abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Exceptions include proper nouns, which typically are not translated, and kinship terms, which may be too complex to translate. Proper nouns/names may simply be repeated in the gloss, or may be replaced with a placeholder such as "(name. F)" or "PN(F)" (for a female name). For kinship glosses, see the dedicated section below for a list of ...

  9. Acronym - Wikipedia

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    Acrostic – Text formed from parts of another text; Amalgamation (names) – Name formed by combining several previously existing names; Initialized sign – Handshape sign for finger spelling in the sign language; One-letter word – A single-letter word