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informal language, often used and understood by particular or exclusive groups of people, e.g. teenagers or a gang, that is not appropriate for written communication. Slang is often used in colloquial language, but not all colloquialisms are slang.
a part of speech that indicates action. Verbs are either finite or non-finite. See finite verb...
the main part of the piece of writing. This is where the argument is made, with proper paragraph...
to emphasise something that is close to the viewer by focussing on the subject. The term is also...
a syllable that ends in a vowel (e.g. ba-by, e-ven and pa-per). With open syllables, there are...
a shot of a human subject from the knees upwards and including the head.