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a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things, which have at least one characteristic in common. The words as or like are used, e.g. He is as quiet as a mouse.
two successive lines in a poem which have end-rhyme.
a horizontal movement of the camera to the left or right.
(also called a prose-form summary) a summary that uses full prose sentences to summarise a text...
a kind of fiction in which there are imaginary worlds and events.
a unit of meter or unit of rhythm. See meter and rhythm.