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in writing, work is divided into units of thought, and each of these units is described as a paragraph. In each paragraph, there tends to be one sentence which summarises the main idea of that paragraph (topic sentence). This topic sentence can occur at different places in the paragraph and paragraphs are classified according to the position of this sentence. See loose paragraph, periodic paragraph and mixed paragraph.
a serious play with an unhappy ending, especially the death or downfall of the main character....
a reference book that provides information about words. Dictionaries may provide:
a figure of speech in which a group of words express a figurative meaning, not obvious from the...
language that is impolite or in some way denies somebody their basic rights.
a word group with a noun or pronoun as its head. The noun phrase can occur in different parts of...