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the direct, literal meaning of a word, rather than the ideas or emotions associated with a word, e.g. The denoted meaning of blue means the colour blue.
a style of writing and speaking that is instructional or technical, e.g. Insert the screw into...
there are four types of sentences. See command, exclamation, question and statement.
the form, organisation or make-up of a play.
an understatement (figure of speech) that means the opposite of what it says, e.g. Not bad means...
the action of creating characters and presenting them to the reader.