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  2. Colloquialism - Wikipedia

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    Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, colloquial speech, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication. It is the most common form of speech in conversation among persons in friendship , familial , intimate , and other informal contexts . [ 1 ]

  3. Poetic diction - Wikipedia

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    Poetic diction is the term used to refer to the linguistic style, the vocabulary, and the metaphors used in the writing of poetry.In the Western tradition, all these elements were thought of as properly different in poetry and prose up to the time of the Romantic revolution, when William Wordsworth challenged the distinction in his Romantic manifesto, the Preface to the second (1800) edition ...

  4. The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry

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    The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry is an anthology of two volumes edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann (1918–1987), and Robert O'Clair. The anthology is large, with 1,100 pages in each of the two volumes. Volume I, about modern poetry, and Volume II, contemporary poetry. Essays on poetics are included in each volume. [1]

  5. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Epigraph: a quotation from another literary work that is placed under the title at the beginning of a poem or section of a poem. Hemistich : a half of a line of verse. Internal rhyme : a rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines.

  6. Eye dialect - Wikipedia

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    Eye dialect is a writer's use of deliberately nonstandard spelling either because they do not consider the standard spelling a good reflection of the pronunciation or because they are intending to portray informal or low-status language usage.

  7. Literary and colloquial readings - Wikipedia

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    A character's meaning is often different depending on whether it is read with a colloquial or literary reading. Initials colloquial 'heavy labial' (重脣, bilabial) initials /p/ and /pʰ/ correspond to literary 'light labial' (輕脣, labiodental) initial /f/ colloquial /ŋ/ initial (疑母) correspond to literary /j/ initial (以母) Rimes

  8. Category:Colloquial terms - Wikipedia

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    Colloquial terms for groups of universities and colleges (16 P) Pages in category "Colloquial terms" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.

  9. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...