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language

The systematic use of sounds, signs and symbols as a method of communication; in writing, the choice of words used to convey meaning.

limerick

a five-line nonsense poem, mostly in anapest, rhyme scheme aabba. Lines one, two, and five have three feet, but lines three and four have only two feet.

limited point of view

The vantage point in which a narrator tells the story in the third person but often confines himself or herself to what is experienced, thought and felt by a single or limited number of characters.

literal meaning

The actual meaning of a word or a phrase.

literary element

A component of a piece of literature such as plot or setting in a story.