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a word or term which achieves more imaginative effects than simple or literal language. Figures of speech are widely used, not only in poetry but in newspapers and newspaper headlines. See alliteration, allusion, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, euphemism, hyperbole, idiom, innuendo, irony, litotes, malapropism, meiosis, metonymy, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun and synecdoche.
how a camera is moved in photography/filmmaking to create a sequence of images. See crane, pan,...
a record of who attended a meeting, what was discussed at the meeting, and what was agreed upon...
a central topic, subject, or concept the author draws the reader's attention to, not to be...
used in photography and filmmaking to create effects. Natural lighting is used, but...