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helpful terms
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is an error that occurs when you use two negative words. For example, I did not want to do nothing. | Double Negative |
is a narrative where similarities between the narrative are used symbolically to suggest something else; a journey could be used allegorically to suggest a person's journey through life, etc. | allegory |
is an informal expression, that is, an expression not used in formal speech or writing. For example: y’all, gonna, wanna | Colloquialism |
is also the name of the three dots (...) used as punctuation to show that some written text is incomplete. | Ellipsis |
usually occurs with 'To' (for example To go, To come, To wear etc.), | Infinitive |
Myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; yourselves; themselves are examples of these. | Reflexive pronoun |
is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. For example: The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the kitchen table. | Appositive |