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a written report containing the writerâ??s opinion about a play, art exhibition, book or other art work. People who write reviews are called critics. Reviews (in newspapers, magazines or online) can boost attendances if they are positive. Conversely, bad reviews keep audiences away. Some reviews have become famous because of the ferocity of the put-downs they contain. Writing for the Denver Tribute in 1880 about the performance of an actor in Shakespeareâ??s play, King Lear, critic Eugene Field wrote, He played the King as though under the momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.
a figure of speech in which a group of words express a figurative meaning, not obvious from the...
the Greek term for understatement. See understatement.
a subordinate clause that takes the place and role of an adverb, e.g. You must practise if...
the main part of the piece of writing. This is where the argument is made, with proper paragraph...
choosing to include certain information while leaving other information out, particularly in a...