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The temptation is to guess at unknown meanings , using an immediate context as a basis for deduction , but such ... If a statement is figurative rather than literal , its meaning depends on the relationship between the primary and ...
The temptation is to guess at unknown meanings , using an immediate context as a basis for deduction , but such ... If a statement is figurative rather than literal , its meaning depends on the relationship between the primary and ...
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... and word associations from identifiable registers are bound to create more startling effects in poetry than in prose because the selection and combination of these features constitute both the structure and the meaning of a poem .
... and word associations from identifiable registers are bound to create more startling effects in poetry than in prose because the selection and combination of these features constitute both the structure and the meaning of a poem .
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Consonance has little effect on duration of syllable , but the quality or characteristic of the sound produced often has associations of meaning which can reinforce content and become a strongly expressive element , while other sound ...
Consonance has little effect on duration of syllable , but the quality or characteristic of the sound produced often has associations of meaning which can reinforce content and become a strongly expressive element , while other sound ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
Copyright | |
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