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a special effect that shows action in two different places at the same time. Often used with a wipe (see editing techniques in filmmaking), e.g. a man is on the phone in Potchefstroom, a wipe introduces a woman on the phone from the left (in Singapore), the split screen shows woman (left) and man (right) on the phone at the same time, another wipe removes the man on the right so the woman is seen putting the phone down and continuing with whatever it is she does next.
ï,- An auxiliary verb is a helping verb that precedes the main verb, e.g. I am hoping to go. He...
a word or term which achieves more imaginative effects than simple or literal language. Figures...
a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different spelling and meaning, e.g....
the inappropriate combination of two metaphors, e.g. My love is a rose who is up to her neck in...
a figure of speech in which we attribute human characteristics to an inanimate object, e.g. the...