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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 ...
Cementation may refer to: Cementation (biology) , the process whereby some sessile bivalve mollusks (and some other shelled invertebrates) attach themselves permanently to a hard substrate Cementation (geology) , the process of deposition of dissolved mineral components in the interstices of sediments
This category should contain only sub-categories, and a small number of articles on people who have influenced literature but do not fit into any of the sub-categories. See also: Category:Literary characters
A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman who was set on fire and killed on a New York City subway train, police said. The suspect -- identified by police on Monday ...
Among professional writers, the intentional, deliberate use of first-person and third-person self-insertion techniques are commonly considered to be an unoriginal action on the author's part, and represents a paucity of creative thought in their writing.
A judge told the parents of 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a Philadelphia teacher found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011, that the city's declaration of suicide was "puzzling."
Shin Yul, Myongji University political science professor, said Yoon was likely listening to the wrong people such as right-wing extremists, Yo South Korea's Yoon impeached: Embittered survivor ...
Algirdas Julien Greimas (1917–1992), professor of semiotics, is widely credited with producing the actantial model in 1966. [2] [3] This model reveals the structural roles typically performed in story telling; such as "hero, villain (opponent of hero), object (of quest), helper (of hero) and sender (who initiates the quest)."