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lyricism

conferring of decorations

Syria

descriptive poetry

autobiography

epic (e.g. poem)

narration

declarative sentence

indicative mood

predicative (use)

modality

narration

subjunctive mood

autobiography

investiture

way of describing

ordination (esp. Catholic)

investiture

honestly describing (i.e. without sentiment or conjecture)

scenery

Epic of Gilgamesh

explanation

litotes (figure of speech)

oral epic

predicate noun

predicate nominal

ordination (esp. Catholic)

predicate adjective

lyric poetry

promotion

brief account

reverse chronological order

conferring a peerage

conferment of Court ranks and decorations

to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

arioso

to relate

to relate

description

distributing ranks, rewards and pensions