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  2. Max Woosnam - Wikipedia

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    Max Woosnam was born in Liverpool, the son of Maxwell Woosnam, a clergyman who served as canon of Chester and Archdeacon of Macclesfield, and his wife Mary Seeley, daughter of Hilton Philipson. The Woosnam family were landed gentry, of Cefnllysgwynne, Brecknockshire , Wales, originally of Montgomeryshire .

  3. List of literary movements - Wikipedia

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    Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works. These terms are helpful for curricula or anthologies. [1]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Key Word in Context - Wikipedia

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    A KWIC index is a special case of a permuted index. [4] This term refers to the fact that it indexes all cyclic permutations of the headings. Books composed of many short sections with their own descriptive headings, most notably collections of manual pages, often ended with a permuted index section, allowing the reader to easily find a section by any word from its heading.

  6. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    The OEC includes a wide variety of writing samples, such as literary works, novels, academic journals, newspapers, magazines, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, blogs, chat logs, and emails. [2] Another English corpus that has been used to study word frequency is the Brown Corpus, which was compiled by researchers at Brown University in the 1960s ...

  7. Slipstream fiction - Wikipedia

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    Other science fiction authors and fans claim "that slipstream is a term that lumps together metafiction, magical realism, surrealism, experimental fiction[,] counter-realism", and postmodern writing, and/or applies to a story with themes coming from one or more of these literary influences.

  8. Woosnam - Wikipedia

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    Woosnam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: George Woosnam (1860–1935), Welsh footballer; Ian Woosnam (born 1958), Welsh golfer; Martin Woosnam (1903–1962), English footballer; Max Woosnam (1892–1965), English sportsman; Maxwell Woosnam (priest) (1856–1930), British Anglican archdeacon

  9. Wikipedia:Good articles/Language and literature - Wikipedia

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    A good article (GA) is a Wikipedia article that meets a core set of editorial standards, the good article criteria, passing through the good article nomination process successfully. They are well-written, contain factually accurate and verifiable information, are broad in coverage, neutral in point of view , stable, and illustrated, where ...