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Suitable or fit to be relied on; trustworthy.

The point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is resolved.

An adjective-noun pairing generated by a change in the meaning of the base noun, usually as a result of technological advance

Examples:

• watch became pocket watch due to introduction of wrist watch
• pen became fountain pen due to introduction of ball-point pen

From Greek retro (=backward); coined by Frank Mankiewicz.

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The stage of the writing process in which one considers and improves the meaning and underlying structure of a written draft.

A method used in writing or speaking in which language is used to device influence or persuade an audience.

Array

using letters to show the arrangement of rhyme, such as ababcdcdefefgg for a sonnet

seven lines of iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme ababbcc.

In a complex word, the meaningful base form after all affixes are removed. Note: A root may be independent or free, as read in unreadable, or may be dependent or bound, as -liter- (from the Greek for letter) in illiterate.

A character who is complex and multi-dimensional.

An authoritative set of rules which can be used as a means of evaluation.