Cultural Literacy #2
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- articles
- In grammar, the words a, an, and the which comes before a noun or its modifier
- auxiliary verb
- a "helping" verb that modifies the main verb
- analogy
- a comparison of two different things that are alike in some way
- ampersand
- a symbol for AND &
- antonyms
- two words with opposite meanings
- ballad
- a simple narrative song or a narrative poem suitable for singing
- B.C.
- an abbreviation used with the dates of events of events that took place before the birth of Jesus
- apostrophe
- a (') mark used with a noun or pronoun to indicate possession or in a contraction to show where the letters have been left out
- autobiography
- a literary work about the writer's own life
- aphorism
- a concise and often witty statement of wisdom or opinion (People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones)