The combination of a preposition and a noun phrase is called a prepositional phrase. A word group (such as in front of or on top of) that functions like a simple, one-word preposition is called a complex preposition.
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CLASSICAL: The term in Western culture is usually used in reference to the art, architecture, drama, philosophy, literature, and history surrounding the Greeks and Romans between 1000 BCE and 410 BCE. Works created during the Greco-Roman period are often called classics.
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CAESURA (plural: caesurae): A pause separating phrases within lines of poetry--an important part of poetic rhythm. The term caesura comes from the Latin a cutting or a slicing.. Some editors will indicate a caesura by inserting a slash (/) in the middle of a poetic line. Others insert extra space in this location.
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CLIMAX, LITERARY (From Greek word for ladder): The moment in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is thereafter resolved. It is also the peak of emotional response from a reader or spectator and usually the turning point in the action.
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preposition. n. 1. (Grammar) a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence.
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preposition. A word used before a noun or pronoun to mark its relation to the rest of the sentence, such as “to” in “I went to the beach.”.
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Definition. In English grammar, a preposition is a word (one of the parts of speech and a member of a closed word class) that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. See the lists of simple prepositions and deverbal prepositions below.
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Noun. 1. preposition-a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word. closed-class word, function word-a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning.
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Examples outside of Irish literature include the birth of Jesus, or the Buddha, or Leda and Hercules in Greek myth, Pryderi's conception in the First Branch of The Mabinogion, or King Arthur's conception in Arthurian legends. COMPLETENESS: The second aspect of Aristotle's requirements for a tragedy.
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Exercises on Prepositions. Prepositions are short words (on, in, to) that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs). Even advanced learners of English find prepositions difficult, as a 1:1 translation is usually not possible. One preposition in your native language might have several translations depending on the situation. There are hardly any rules as to when to use which preposition. The only way to learn prepositions is looking them up in a dictionary, reading a lot in English (literature) and learning useful phrases off by heart (study tips).
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preposition definition literature
In literature, preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence. In literature, a preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun or pronoun to relate it grammatically or semantically to some other constituent of a sentence.