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a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things, which have at least one characteristic in common. The words as or like are used, e.g. He is as quiet as a mouse.
sharp (clever) humour. Wit is not necessarily biting or angry, but it can be. Shakespeare wrote...
(also called a medium shot) a shot of a human subject from the waist upwards and including the...
a style of writing and speaking that is verbose, the opposite of concise. Too many words are...
of a book: the main part of a book, following the table of contents and preface and preceding...
originally, a drama with music (melos means song), like our musicals. The term has, however,...