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☆☆☆☆☆Credible means believable, from the root cred it means "believe."
One form is a "malapropism", after the character "Mrs. Malaprop" in a 1775 play The Rivals by Richard Sheridan.
A malapropism (also called acyrologia) is the use of a word that is similar to another word, but creates a meaningless or comic sentence.
Examples :
being "indicted" to supper (invited), or a gift from a famous "philanderer" (philanthropist).
Example of use for comic effect :
"My dear, tonight you look positively ravished." (ravishing)
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Note that there is a similar wordplay known as mondegreen, when a word is misheard changing the meaning from what was intended. Gary Larson famously drew a Far Sidecartoon with a dog bragging that he was going to be "tutored".
The etymology of a word is it's history, development and derivation.
an autobiography will detail the events of a person who write it
A Valley
The word marathon comes from the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians won the battle and told their messenger to tell the rest of Athens of the victory. After 25 miles he reached Athens and said, "Rejoice, for we have won!" Then he collapsed dead.
Verdicini
The Pseudepigrapha
You could use it to talk about what you choose to do on weekends?
E.g. I choose to go out on saturdays.
Once the Exposition has come to an end, the Inciting Incident begins the forward movement of the plot.
He is the eldest son of the reigning monarch.
Re-energise best defines 'invigorate'.
Anything or anyone can be the main character of a story. There are several stories where a house is the main character.
A reading passage is an excerpt from a story, novel, or essay.
Restoration means to restore, repair, replace. For example: The restoration of the British monarchy took place in 1660, when Charles the second was restored to the British throne.
The overall feeling an author portrays to the audience A+
I am anxious to hear the explanation you are about to put forth.
Please put forth your left foot.
Symbolism
foreshadowing
