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What is the figure of speech of the line -i had a dove and the sweet dove died?
alliteration
What is the figure of speech in this sentence she died of a broken heart disease?
"Broken heart" is an adjective. It describes the noun "disease", telling you what kind of disease she died from.
Was Medusa asleep when she died?
I don't think she was asleep, but there may be different versions of the myth.
What is the difference between an idiomatic expression and a figure of speech?
Figures of speech are words or group of words which cannot be literally interpreted to give the intended meaning. They make use of figurative language, such as similes and metaphors, and thus their intended/actual meaning transcends (goes above or beyond) the literal meaning. Idiomatic expressions (idioms) are common phrases or sayings whose meaning cannot be understood by the individual words or elements. Idioms are a subset of figures of speech. Essentially, a figure of speech is any unit of speech that cannot be properly understood with a literal interpretation, since figurative language is used. An idiom fits that description entirely, but the definition of an idiom must also include the detail that they are commonly used and thus understood primarily by being previously heard in context by the listener or explained to the listener. Thus every idiom is a figure of speech, but only some figures of speech are idioms. A figure of speech is usually an example of simile, metaphor, or hyperbole. They are to be interpreted figuratively, rather than literally. "I'm starving" is an example of a figure of speech. People very often say it, not to mean that they are literally starving, i.e. dying of malnutrition, but to express that they are hungry, and they are emphasising this with a hyperbole that is also a figure of speech. An example of an idiom is the phrase 'kicked the bucket'. One understands that to mean 'died', despite there being no way to get that meaning from it as a result of the literal meanings of the words (except potentially in an extremely strange context). Thus the phrase is a figure of speech. However, it is also an idiom because it is not only the case that the real meaning of it is impossible to reach from a literal interpretation; it is also the case that the real meaning cannot be seen as a result of similes or metaphors or such figurative devices, and the only way that most people understand the phase is by having heard it before in context or by having had it explained to them before. If someone had learned English as a second language, they would likely struggle for quite some time with idioms. This is because they might not understand the true meaning of idioms, since that understanding only comes from hearing them used in context often enough. On the other hand, someone who has not only "learned" English in an academic way but who has also spoken it in colloquial and conversational contexts for some time would usually understand idioms quite easily.
What is Euphemism used in a sentence?
A euphemism is a figure of speech. You use a euphemism when you don't want to use the actual name or word for something.Instead of saying that she died, he used a euphemism.
How did claudius say hamlets father died?
From a snakebite when he was asleep in his orchard.
How and when did Margaret hamilton die?
From a hartattack in a nursing home and she was asleep at the time she died
How these animals and plants sustain life?
they fell asleep and died to a hockey rink
When did Elizabeth - biblical figure - die?
Elizabeth - biblical figure - died in -0##.
What part of speech is the word died?
verb
When did Charles Dickinson - historical figure - die?
Charles Dickinson - historical figure - died in 1806.
When did Lev Mikhailov - figure skater - die?
Lev Mikhailov - figure skater - died in 2004.
