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single or double inverted commas (also known as quotation marks) are a set of punctuation marks used to show direct speech, or words that are quoted from somewhere else, e.g. "Let's go" he said. The words 'to be or not to be' come from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
verse consisting of unrhymed iambic pentameter, e.g. It little profits that an idle king. By...
a word group (phrase) that takes the place and role of an adverb. There are several different...
variation in the pitch of a speaking voice. It determines the typical sound pattern of any...
the words spoken by characters in a play