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| form, structure, composition | der Aufbau
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| composition | die Komposition
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| overall structure | die Gesamtkomposition
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| (sub)title | der (Unter)titel
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| act/scene | der Akt/die Szene
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| main/subsidiary character | der Haupt/Nebenfigur
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| speech | die Rede
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| verse/line | die Strophe/die Zeile
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| (sub)plot | die (Neben)Handlung
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| it is set in | es spielt in
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| setting | der Schauplatz
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| style | der Stil
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| dry, uninspiring | trocken
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| lifeless/vibrant, colourful | farblos/farbig
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| rich in imagery | bilderreich
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| lucid, perspicuous, limpid | klar
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| lively | lebendig, schwungvoll
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| pedestrian, lacklustre | schwunglos
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| wordy | wortreich
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| flowery | blumig
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| monotonous | eintönig
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| wordy, long-winded | langatmig
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| contrast | der Gegensatz
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| circumlocution | die Umschreibung
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| allusion | die Anspielung
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| sound symbolism | die Lautsymbolik
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| concrete symbol | die Dingsymbolik
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| exaggeration | die Übertreibung
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| nominal/verbal style | der Nominal/Verbalstil
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| elevated, refined | gehoben
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| sober, matter-of-fact | nüchtern
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| clear, vivid, graphic | anschaulich
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| terse, concise | knapp
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| concise, precise | präzis
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| forceful | eindringlich
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| wooden | hölzern, papieren
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| clumsy | schwerfällig, holprig
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| trite | banal
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| disjointed | unzusammenhängend, zusammenhanglos
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| far-fetched | weit hergeholt, an den Haaren herbeigezogen
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| bombastic | bombastisch
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| bombastic, fustian, pompous | schwülstig
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| onomatopoeia | die Klang-, Lautmalerei
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| onomatopoeic | lautmalend
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| rhetoric | die Rhetorik
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| oratory | die Redekunst
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| rhetorical | rhetorisch
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| empty, trite, cliche-ridden | phrasenhaft
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| official language, officialese, jargon | die Amtssprache
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| simile | der Vergleich
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| metaphor | der Metapher
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| interminable sentence | der Bandwurmsatz
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| involved sentence | der Schachtelsatz
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| main clause with a chain of subordinate clauses | der Kettensatz
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| to touch upon sth | etw kurz berühren/etw. antippen
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| to emphasise sth | etw hervorheben
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