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May 14, 20241 min read
An English Teacher's Glossary - Pentameter
A line of poetry made up of ten (occasionally eleven) syllables or five ‘feet’. The rhythm is nearly always iambic
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May 13, 20241 min read
An English Teacher's Glossary -Â Patois
A dialect of the language of a particular region considered by prescriptivists to be nonstandard or of low status, e.g. pidgin in Nigeria.
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May 8, 20242 min read
An English Teacher's Glossary - Parallelism
One way writers give coherence to very long sentences (or paragraphs) is the use of parallelism
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May 8, 20241 min read
An English Teacher's Glossary - Parody
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and in some cases it is, but most parodies intend to make fun of....
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