Glossary
We’ve curated a glossary of terms regarding all things writing and publishing related. From commonly-used terms to abbreviations, our glossary will guide writers and people starting out in publishing, to cut through the jargon and gain a better understanding.
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C format
A term most often used to describe a paperback edition published simultaneously with, and in the same format as, the hardback original.
Cacophony
A series of conflicting sounds used together to create an inharmonious rhythm.
A more extensive list of literary terms, with quotations from fiction and non-fiction sources showing the terms in use, is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
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Case
Form of an adjective, noun or pronoun in some languages that shows its relation to other words in the sentence, for example whether it is the subject (nominative case).
A more extensive list of grammatical terms is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
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Chiasmus
Where the grammatical structure of one phrase or sentence is repeated in a second phrase or sentence where a related concept appears in reverse order.
A more extensive list of literary terms, with quotations from fiction and non-fiction sources showing the terms in use, is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
© Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2021
Clause
Group of consecutive words containing a subject and a predicate, forming part of a sentence or constituting a sentence itself.
A more extensive list of grammatical terms is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021)
© Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2021