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    Its peak lies at an elevation of 7,165 metres (23,507 feet) above sea level. Located 8 kilometres (5 miles) west of Mount Everest, it is sometimes known as "Everest's daughter"; the name Pumori, meaning 'the mountain daughter' in the Sherpa language, was coined by the mountaineer George Mallory.

  3. Direct address - Wikipedia

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    Direct address may refer to: Vocative expression, a term or phrase used to directly address an individual; The direct addressing mode in computer programming; Breaking the fourth wall in theatre; An epistolary essay in literature

  4. English literature - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Transition (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Transitions in fiction are words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or punctuation that may be used to signal various changes in a story, including changes in time, location, point-of-view character , mood , tone , emotion , and pace .

  6. Dictionary of Literary Biography - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of Literary Biography is a specialist biographical dictionary dedicated to literature. Published by Gale , the 375-volume set [ 1 ] covers a wide variety of literary topics, periods, and genres, with a focus on American and British literature .

  7. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.

  8. Address - Wikipedia

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    Illuminated address to see better at night. An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used to give the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along with other identifiers such as house or apartment numbers and organization name.

  9. Outline of literature - Wikipedia

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    Literature can be described as all of the following: Communication – activity of conveying information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space.