Literary Devices and Figures of Speech

No, an anecdote does not have to be true. An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person, but it can also be fictional. However, presenting a false anecdote as true may undermine credibility or deceive the audience.

A rhetorical question is normally one that does not expect an answer. It is commonly included for its effect on a reader or listener. So a paragraph in a book might begin: 'Who, then, controlled the army?', thus confronting the reader with the issue to be discussed but not expecting him or her to answer the question. The answer will then be supplied by the author. Such a rhetorical question may also be a statement of the author's own views: 'Was it not the king who controlled the church?'

The art of rhetoric is the art of persuasion with words, whether written or spoken. When the words are persuasive but the content meaningless the response can be: 'That is mere rhetoric.'

The tattered soldier praised Henry Fleming, the main character in Stephen Crane's novel "The Red Badge of Courage." He appreciated Henry's bravery and admired him for not deserting like he did.

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metaphore

Could you give examples of figurative language in Maroo of the Winter Cave?

onomatopoeia.

Ad hominem is the name of the rhetorical device and informal fallacy that attacks the arguer instead of the arguer. In this device, the ad hominem attacker attempts to dismiss the argument by pointing out personal flaws or characteristics of the arguer.

The terms, "eat to live" or "live to eat" are focused on quite the extremes in regards to life and food. Without understanding the context to which majority of us humans live and eat, it is easy to get into a debate as to whether humans eat to live or live to eat.

Today, food is something we take for granted on a daily basis, three times a day, often failing to acknowledge or understand where it comes from or the amount of work it takes to get it. As such, those who eat to live, as many wild animals in the animal kingdom do, know how much work and life goes into finding food to eat in order to live. Such animals are often the predatory animals of the Animal Kingdom, such as wolves, cougars, bears, eagles, hawks, owls, tigers, spiders, whales, ants, and ladybugs.

Then you have the non-predatory animals that often find food almost everywhere they go. Herbivorous animals such as buffalo, deer, aphids, cattle, horses, sheep, rhinos, hippos, and antelope are such animals that fall into this category. One can say that such animals "live to eat," however when looking at elephants travelling across a land faced with a serious drought crisis and starvation such a saying would be tipped in the favor of "eating to live."

This question, however, is not dealing with such non-human animals as above, but rather the human animal. Pertaining such question to a single species with a highly diverse array of social hierarchies and living conditions which they are found in is almost impossible to answer without acknowledging such diversity. When acknowledging such diversity, such as from the rich to the poor, from those who live the most sustainably or "off the grid" to those who do not, and from those with severe eating disorders to those who are completely normal in terms of the food they consume, one can begin to see the gray area between "eating to live" and "living to eat." One could easily come to the conclusion that some humans eat to live, others live to eat, and many more are somewhere in between.

Eating is a ritual by many cultures, a three-times-a-day meal, one that, as mentioned above, is taken for granted on a daily basis. There are feasts, and fasts, and just a regular meal to buy or make. Some eat too much (which others call "gluttony"), while others eat too little. Some have more than enough money to buy food to last a lifetime, while others don't have enough to even buy a loaf of bread to feed a family of 10. Few are lucky enough to have the resources available to get their own food from the most primary resources they have available without even having to spend a dime; many others have to constantly and consistently rely on the money in their pockets to purchase what they want to eat.

So do we really eat to live or live to eat? That all depends on you, your lifestyle, how much money you make, your culture, your psychology as far as wanting to eat is concerned, and many, many others. No one answer is right, nor is one answer is wrong: each and every one of us has our own reasons as to which answer we feel is right for this question.

The best slogan around about stray animals is the following: "Within the heart of every stray lies the singular desire to be loved."

self interest and fear

You must mean pun, but that word does not refer to multiple meanings. A pun is using a word, or making one up, that sounds like the word that's expected. For example, there is an expression "No news is good news." It means we haven't anything to worry about that we know of. So, a condemned man gets a reprieve from hanging, and he says "No noose is good news." Ho ho. It's good because it makes new sense using the wrong word.

factory, there are others that aren't exactly prefixes like benefactor malefactor manufacture and artifact, but still have fact in them

Onomatopoeia.

emotion

"The Sphinx" by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem that explores themes of mystery, time, and the unknowable. The sphinx symbolizes enigma and the secrets of the universe, challenging the speaker to contemplate the mysteries of existence. The shifting sands under the sphinx's paws represent the passage of time and the transience of life.

"Footnote to Youth" by Jose Garcia Villa uses a lot of descriptive imagery. The natural world that Dodong is surrounded by, as well as the people in his life, are described in colorful detail. Villa also describes Dodong's emotions with powerful imagery.

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Hundreds of words start with the prefix tri. A few of those words include triable, triad, triage, trial, triangle, triathlon, tribal, tribe, tribesmen, tribunal, tribune, tributary, trice, triceps, trick, trickery, trickle, tricolor, tricycle, tried, trifle, trifocal, trifold, trig, trigger, trigon, trigonometry, trillion, trilogy, trim, trinity, trinket, trio, trip, triple, triplet, tripod, trite, triumph and trivia.

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"I am chasing sleep" uses a metaphor.

"Neck of the woods" is an idiom meaning a surrounding or nearby region.

It is called onomatopoeia.

It is awkward, but not wrong, if you mean "You always stop reading a book before you get to the end of it." There is an idiom, "almost always" meaning usually, normally, but "always almost" is not the same. If you meant "You almost always (= usually) complete reading," you must put those two words in the right order.