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in writing, work is divided into units of thought, and each of these units is described as a paragraph. In each paragraph, there tends to be one sentence which summarises the main idea of that paragraph (topic sentence). This topic sentence can occur at different places in the paragraph and paragraphs are classified according to the position of this sentence. See loose paragraph, periodic paragraph and mixed paragraph.
single or double inverted commas (also known as quotation marks) are a set of punctuation marks...
an introduction to a book that outlines what the book is about. Also a way of introducing or...
an understatement (figure of speech) that means the opposite of what it says, e.g. Not bad means...
the form of the verb that uses I in the singular and we in the plural.
a short, written record of what has happened or been said, e.g. Samantha took notes during the...