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The ___ matter of a conversation or discussion
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An analytic or interpretive literary composition
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An amount of time
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The placing of one linguistic element before another
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A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
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A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
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A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally
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A determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
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A punctuation mark used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation
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An account of the series of events making up a person's life
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A short account of the news
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A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds
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Creative writing of recognized artistic value
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An extended fictional work in prose
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The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology
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Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
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