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a list of activities planned for a meeting, listed in the order they will happen.

a story, poem or fable in which characters and events represent something else, e.g. Animal Farm...

a sound device in which similar or identical consonants in words (usually the first letter),...

a figure of speech in which a writer makes a reference to person or text she or he assumes the...

an unclear sentence with two possible meanings, e.g. I will give you a ring later could mean I...

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