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title
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Noun, Noun
incipit
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Noun
comment
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Noun
sentence
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Noun
motto
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Noun
exposition
xx/x
Noun
subject matter
x//x
Phrase, Noun
subject
x/
Noun
theme
/
Noun
text
/
Noun
member
/x
Noun
phrase
/
Noun
topos
/x
Noun
argument
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Noun
focus
/x
Noun
antecedent
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Noun
content
/x
Noun
anaphora
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Noun
message
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Noun
parenthesis
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Noun
proposition
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Noun
tenor
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Noun
predicate
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Noun
clause
/
Noun
transition
x/x
Noun
corpus
/x
Noun
taxis
/x
Noun
question
/x
Noun
soliloquy
x/xx
Noun
premise
/x
Noun
center
/x
Noun
term
/
Noun
first person
//x
Phrase, Noun
period
/xx
Noun
article
/xx
Noun
thesaurus
x/x
Noun
synthesis
/xx
Noun
hypothesis
x/xx
Noun
thesis
/x
Noun
point of reference
///xx
Phrase, Noun
citation
x/x
Noun
attribution
xx/x
Noun
narration
x/x
Noun
conditional
x/xx
Adjective
syllable
/xx
Noun
stating
/x
Verb
discussion
x/x
Noun
first principles
//xx
Phrase, Noun
note
/
Noun
foreshadowing
x/xx
Noun
general
/xx
Noun
coherence
x/x
Noun
substantive
/xx
Adjective
chunking
/x
Noun
gramma
/x
Noun
quoting
/x
Verb
aphorism
/xxx
Noun
punctuation
xx/x
Noun
phraseology
xx/xx
Noun
pronominal
x/xx
Adjective
indicative
x/xx
Adjective
token
/x
Noun
statement
/x
Noun
gist
/
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
speaker
/x
Noun
aspect
/x
Noun
enumeration
xxx/x
Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
acquittal
x/x
Noun
adjudication
xxx/x
Noun
affair
x/
Noun
agenda
x/x
Noun
appendix
x/x
Noun
area
/xx
Noun
asia
/x
Name
assent
x/
Noun, Verb
assignment
x/x
Noun
award
x/
Noun, Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
book
/
Noun, Verb
bother
/x
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
briefer
/x
Noun
brow
/
Noun, Verb
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
capital
/xx
Noun, Adjective
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catchphrase
//
Noun
category
/xxx
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
caveat
/xx
Noun, Verb
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
chronological
xx/xx
Adjective
cliché
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
comb
/
Noun, Verb
comma
/x
Noun, Verb
compose
x/
Verb
comprehensible
xx/xx
Adjective
concerning
x/x
Adjective, Noun
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
condemnation
xx/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
constituent
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
contention
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
conversation
xx/x
Noun, Verb
convict
/x
Verb, Noun
conviction
x/x
Noun
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deplores
x/
Verb
detention
x/x
Noun
dialogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
dictum
/x
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
diffusely
x/x
Adverb
digression
x/x
Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
dom
/
Noun, Verb
domain
x/
Noun
donkey
/x
Noun
doom
/
Noun, Verb
dossier
x/
Noun
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
english
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
excerpt
/x
Noun, Verb
execution
xx/x
Noun
fear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
field
/
Noun, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
form
/
Noun, Verb
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
fragment
/x
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
garbled
/x
Adjective
geography
x/xx
Noun
gibberish
/xx
Noun, Adjective
goal
/
Noun, Verb
governance
/xx
Noun
governing
/xx
Noun
government
/xx
Noun
grief
/
Noun, Verb
hanged
/
Adjective
hard time
//
Phrase, Noun
hardly
/x
Adverb
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
headline
/x
Noun, Verb
heartache
/x
Noun
hydrogen
/xx
Noun
idea
x/x
Noun
imposition
xx/x
Noun
imprisonment
x/xx
Noun
incarceration
xxx/x
Noun
indicator
/xxx
Noun
indictment
x/x
Noun
inter
x/
Name, Verb
interrogation
xxx/x
Noun
interrogative
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
italicized
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
jail
/
Noun, Verb
judge
/
Noun, Verb
judgement
/x
Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
knell
/
Noun, Verb
laconic
x/x
Adjective
language
/x
Noun, Verb
lemma
/x
Noun
lesson
/x
Noun, Verb
line
/
Noun, Verb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
macro
/x
Adjective, Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
marginally
/xxx
Adverb
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
motif
x/
Noun
motion
/x
Noun, Verb
noun
/
Noun, Verb
object
/x
Noun, Verb
objection
x/x
Noun
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
offence
x/
Noun
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
order
/x
Noun, Verb
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
page
/
Noun, Verb
pain
/
Noun, Verb
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
paragraph
/xx
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
penal
/x
Adjective
penalties
/xx
Noun
pertaining
x/x
Noun
pertinent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
phase
/
Noun, Verb
pithy
/x
Adjective
pity
/x
Noun, Verb
platitude
/xx
Noun
point
/
Noun, Verb
power
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
prayer
/
Noun
prison
/x
Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
project
/x
Noun, Verb
prone
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
proposal
x/x
Noun
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
punishable
/xxx
Adjective
punishment
/xx
Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb