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Ellipsis (ee-lipp-siss)

An ellipsis is a grammatical mark, usually taking the form of three dots, that indicates a word or words have been left out of a quotation. The plural of ellipsis is ellipses (ie ee-lipp-sees).

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Essay (ess-ay)

An essay is a short prose analysis of a particular subject.

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