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register that uses correct grammar and conventions of style and maintains a distance between the speaker and audience. Formal register is used for writing and formal contexts, e.g. an essay, a public speech, an email to someone unknown or a work colleague.
a rhythmic foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, e.g....
a word picture; vivid, descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses. See...
an essay about some aspect of literature, such as a novel, a play or a poem, or an any aspect of...
a verb that does not take a direct object (and may or may not have an indirect object), e.g. He...
a well-known saying, which is generally taken to be true and contains some kind of wisdom about...