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a piece of writing that discusses a topic, e.g. He wrote an essay on French culture. There are several types of essays. See argumentative essay, descriptive essay, discursive essay, expository essay, literary essay, narrative essay and reflective essay.
(also spelt fount) the size and style of characters used in printing.
informal language, often used and understood by particular or exclusive groups of people, e.g....
the use of symbols to represent something, e.g. H signifies that a hospital is nearby. Each...
a word with the same meaning as another word, e.g. awful, terrible, appalling and ghastly are...
a work of literature in which the story and events are not factual but made up by the author....