Thursday, 3 January 2008

Enrich Your Vocabulary-3

Haiku (Japan): Unrhymed poem in three lines or Japanese three-part poem.

Literature: Written works, esp. those whose value lies in beauty of language or in emotional effect eg. Novels, poetry, plays histories, biographies, essays etc.

Tongue-twister: Sequence of words difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly.

Trilogy: Literary work in three connected parts.

Preface: Introduction to a large book, stating its subject and scope.

Vignette: Brief incident, scene or story; a short descriptive essay or character sketch.

Stanza: division of a poem (often into four, usually not more than twelve lines).

Rhyme: Identity, correspondence in sounds between words or the endings of words, esp. in poetry.

Anthology: Collection of writings by different authors.

Bibliography: List of resources used in compiling a text or books referred to; a list of the books of a specific author or publisher.

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