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dialect |
a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific geographic location |
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vernacular |
the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region |
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pronoun |
The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and designates persons or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from the context |
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introduction |
the beginning of an essay; which serves the purpose of telling a reader what will be discussed in the body; contains the essay’s thesis |
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conclusion |
the ending of an essay; which serves the purpose of wrapping up all the main points of the body |
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dialogue |
the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc |
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phoneme |
the smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning |
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synonym |
a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language |
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antonym |
a word opposite in meaning to another |
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etymology |
the derivation of a word; an account of the history of a particular word or element of a word. |
