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in literature, this refers to the cultural context in which a story is told, e.g. among Arab traders in north-east Africa in the 1500s, European artists in the 1920s, or rural black South African women in the 1960s.
when a word at the end of a line rhymes with a word within the line, e.g. In mist or cloud, on...
a verb that takes a direct object, e.g. He kicked the ball. She drove the car.
a word or term which achieves more imaginative effects than simple or literal language. Figures...
words, including relative pronouns, that link a less important clause to a main clause. Most...
a camera movement that creates the illusion that the camera is moving closer or further from the...