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a technique used in photography and filmmaking to enhance the viewing experience. Special effects been used since the very first films were shown, but technology today allows for much more sophisticated special effects (abbreviation, FX) than the toy boats used to show the sinking of the Titanic in the 1912 film about the tragedy. Computer-generated imagery has revolutionised the field. There are various special effects. See freeze-frame, mask, montage, slow motion, speeded-up motion, split screen and telephoto lens.
a style of writing and speaking that intends to persuade and call the audience to action, often...
a style of writing and speaking that is journalistic, e.g. According to eye-witness accounts...
the main character in a literary work, usually the hero or heroine, e.g. Othello, Hamlet, Jason...
the study of any language and how its parts fit together.
a female character in a literary work, often the protagonist, that is admired or identified with...