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A figure of speech in which something very closely associated with a thing stands for it?
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∙ 14y ago
I suppose what you are asking is: what is a figure of speech called when it seems to refer to a reality?
If I said: "black as night" and it was not about the night-time, its' called a SIMILE. That word is pronounced as "simi-lee" or "si-mi-lee" and sounds like the word "similar", meaning "the same" or "nearly the same".
A simile usually has either the word "as" or the word "like" or even as in the Holy Bible "like unto".
Another example of a simile is: "like unto a wolf in sheep's clothing" meaning: a person who seems so gentle, so mild, so harmless (like a sheep); yet that same person is truly like a wolf (tears the other to pieces). The phrase "like a wolf in sheep's clothing" is the same as a person who deceives while pretending to be a friend, and in these days that's the same meaning as a "so-called friend".
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For what is sun a metonymy?
Metonomy is a figure of speech closely related to synecdoche. It replaces something with which it is closely associated. For example, businesspersons are often referred to as suits, because suits serve as a representation of business.
A figure of speech that uses a concept closely related to the thing actually meant?
Simile
What is figure of speech apostrophe?
is a figure of speech in which someone absent or death or something non-human is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply.
What is the figure of speech of a green thumb?
the answer is compound cause u have a speech of the verb telling about something
What is the figure of speech for has a green thumb?
the answer is compound cause u have a speech of the verb telling about something
What figure of speech is used in the poem The White City?
Quoted is "Like fish caught in a net". It is a figure of speech called a Metonymy in which a subject is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in meaning with that subject.
Example of simile figure of speech?
comparing something using like, as , or than
Why figure of speech importance to the English language?
it gives the listener something to relate to
What is Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else?
Its a Metephor.
What figure of speech is the man had nerves of steel?
a metaphore because it says something is.....
What figure no one can see?
A figure of speech
Which of these is a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present?
The figure of speech you are referring to is called apostrophe. It involves addressing someone or something that is absent or nonhuman as if it were present and able to respond.
