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the word lyric comes from lyre, a stringed musical instrument. It therefore originally meant a poem that could be sung. It has, however, come to mean any poem expressing an emotion, or a mood. Often love poems are described as lyrics e.g. O my loveâ??s like a red, red rose (Burns).
writing designed to shock or create sensation. Journalism that uses this technique is called...
a figure of speech in which a group of words express a figurative meaning, not obvious from the...
a group of words that has at least a subject and a verb and can stand alone, e.g. Birds fly. In...
the presentation of opposing points of view. A debate may be a formal event at which speakers...
when too much light gets into the camera aperture (opening). This causes a blurred effect, which...