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Literary Devices and Figures of Speech
Includes questions related to rules and methods used in literature and using words, terms and sentences in figurative or nonliteral ways;
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What are four examples of figurative language in a worn path?
1- The use of not proper english
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She adds an s in to her verbs when it is unnecessary
What are some figurative language from the stolen children?
cool as a cat haha im just kidding as far i as know there is none sorry everyone to dissapoint
What is the figure of speech used in a fairy song?
Just for the record, the name "A Fairy Song" is given by anthologists to some lines spoken by a fairy in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is actually part of a play and its meaning cannot be understood on its own.
"Fairy favours" is the only alliteration in the speech, but there are a lot of echoing sounds in "Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire." which are not alliterations as they are not adjacent.
Difference Between its and it's in English?
"It's" is a contraction of "it is" or "it has" and has no other use. Example: "It's raining today"; "It's been raining today."
"Its" is the possessive form. Example: "The dog wagged its tail"
It's means "it is"
Its means "belonging to it".
Example:
We went to see a Chicago landmark. It's downtown and quite popular. Over a million visitors a year attest to its popularity.
Note that there is NO English word spelled its' , with an apostrophe at the end.
What does Call a spade a spade mean?
'Calling a tub a tub' was the ancient Greek way to express this idea of calling a common simple thing by its simple common name. So it really just meant to speak plainly or talk straight and still does.
But one and the same Greek word skaphos meant both primarily a tub or skiff, and secondarily a spade or shovel. (The same basic idea of a hollowed object split into two distinctly different notions in English.)
When John Knox mistranslated this expression and replaced the more common word tub with the less common word spadearound 1550 it stuck.
What are some literary terms in the book Rakkety Tam such as similes?
Symbolism and figurative speech are some of the styles used in the book Rakkety Tam.
What is the figurative language for it was raining cats and dogs?
No, hyperbole is an exaggeration. "Raining hard enough to wash the town away" would be hyperbole. "Raining cats and dogs" is an idiom because it makes no sense when you translate it literally.
What is the metaphor about someone who is very smart?
Metaphors used about someone perceived to be very smart might include:
[Name is] a real brain surgeon (provided [Name] isn't a real brain surgeon)
[Name is] a genuine rocket scientist (provided [Name] isn't a genuine rocket scientist)
[Name is] a total Einstein
[Name's] brain's an Apple Mac
[Name's] mind is Intel enhanced (provided the person saying this isn't someone who believes the 'Intel Inside' label is known to technicians as the 'Warning Sticker')
You might also want similes about someone who is very smart? There are quite a few, including:
[Name is] a smart cookie
[Name is] so sharp they'll cut themselves
And, all beginning with As…, as in '[Name] is as…
…bright as a button
…bright as a lightbulb
…clever as [name of someone famous for being very clever] - Einstein, and so on
…clever as a cartload [US: wagonload] of monkeys
…clever as a fox
…cute as a fox
…sharp as a [very sharp thing] - tack, razor, or other sharp instrument
…smart as [name of someone famous for being smart] - Einstein, and so on
…smart as a whip
These could all lose the 'As…', and be expressed '[Name is] bright like a lightbulb'; '[Name is] cute like a fox', and so on.
Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
To not talk literally in a sentence.
example of a literal sentence: go away. <--to change that to a figurative sentence you would say: go take a hike
you wouldn't want the person to actually go into the mountains and explore would you?
Can you give me 15 figure of speech?
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Definition
Example
metaphor
the substitution of a word for a word whose meaning is close to the original word
Poor broken glass, I often did behold/ In thy sweet semblance my old age new born...---The Rape of Lucrece,1758-59
metonymy
a noun is substituted for a noun in such a way that we substitute the cause of the thing of which we are speaking for the thing itself; this might be done in several ways: substituting the inventor for his invention, the container for the thing contained or vice versa, an author for his work, the sign for the thing signified, the cause for the effect or vice versa
I must comfort the weaker vessel, as doublet and hoseought to show itself courageous to petticoat.---As You Like It, 2.4.6
synecdoche
substitution of part for whole, genus for species, or vice versa
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships,/ And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?---Dr. Faustus, 12.80-81
irony
expressing a meaning directly contrary to that suggested by the words
He was no notorious malefactor, but he had been twice on the pillory, and once burnt in the hand for trifling oversights.---Direccions for Speech and Style
metalepsis
a double metonymy in which an effect is represented by a remote cause
Woe worth the mountain that the mast bear/ Which was the first causer of all my care (Medea cursing Jason).---The Arte of English Poesie, 183
paradox
a seemingly self contradictory statement, which yet is shown to be true
For what the waves could never wash away/ This proper youth has wasted in a day.---The Arte of English Poesie, 226
oxymoron
a condensed paradox at the level of a phrase
O modest wantons! wanton modesty!---The Rape of Lucrece, 401
anthimeria
the substitution of one part of speech for another; for instance, an adverb for a noun or a noun for an adverb
Lord Angelo dukes it well.---Measure for Measure, 3.2.100
litotes
deliberate understatement or denial of the contrary
He is no fool.---The Arte of English Poesie, 184
hyperbole
exaggerated or extravagant statement used to make a strong impression, but not intended to be taken literally
His legs bestrid the ocean, his rear'd arm/ Crested the world, his voice was propertied/ As all the tuned spheres...---Antony and Cleopatra, 5.2.82
You can use several methods to figure out what an idiom or slang term means. 1. Be sure that you understand the meaning of each word in the phrase. Use a dictionary if needed. 2. See if you can figure out the meaning by the context of the entire sentence or paragraph. For example: "Sam was a man to ride the river with, and worthy of respect." You can see that this phrase means something good instead of something bad, even if you don't understand that it means someone who can be counted on during tough times, who will support you and not abandon you during trouble. "Don't get your back up about what Matt said - he was just teasing." This phrase obviously means something like "get angry" or "get your feelings hurt," even if you don't know that it refers to the fact that a horse (or many other animals) will arch their back up when they get angry - another form of this phrase would be "bowed up." 3. Ask a native speaker, or look up the idiom (see the Related Links for websites)!
What figure of speech is your teeth chattered?
To make one's teeth chatter, it might be necessary to walk outside in very cold weather.
Standing outside in the cold is all it takes to make one's teeth chatter.
- Every dog has its day.
- dog tired
- hot dog (the food, also to show off)
- to work like a dog
- be as sick as a dog
- you lucky dog
- You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- a dog and pony show
- (It's a case of) the tail wagging the dog
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- call off the dogs
- It's a dog eat dog world.
- (He/She is a real) dirty dog!
- meaner than a junkyard dog
- underdog, (example: He's the underdog in the race.)
How many words have the prefix de?
Some words that start with the prefix 'de' (go down or away, completely, remove or reverse) are:
- deactivate
- debate
- decamp
- deduct
- deescalate
- defeat
- degrade
- dehydrate
- deify
- deject
- delivery
- delouse
- demote
- denude
- deodorant
- depend
- depreciate
- descend
- deter
- detest
- develop
What is the comparative form of bad?
Harder is the comparative form and hardest is the superlative form of hard.
What does 'If you're game' mean?
Are you ready to play (his game)?
Will you go along with his plan?
Are you open (to doing something stupid)?
What does the term bear with me mean?
It comes from bear used as in "bear a burden", meaning to uphold or deal with a burden. It is asking the listener to patiently bear the burden of waiting for whatever the speaker is doing/saying.
What is the abbreviation for there are?
There are does not have an accepted contracted form. Many people use there're to shorten this phrase, but this contraction is incorrect (not to mention very difficult to pronounce).
When does the inciting incident in a plot generally come after?
The initiating incident comes after the exposition and before the rising action.... The exposition is the very beginning part of a story where the main characters and the setting are introduced. So basically it just tells you who the story is about, where it is, and so far what is going on. Then it's time for the initiating incident... The initiating incident is what first happens to start the whole story. For example in Spider Man, the initiating incident is when he gets bit by a spider, cause that's where the whole story begins.... And the exposition is the very beginning when it explains the basics- his name is Peter Parker, he's not very popular in high school but he gets good grades and is especially good at science, he lives with his aunt and uncle, and he has a crush on a girl named Marry Jane.
What figurative is the language seeds of adventure began to grow?
the figurative language for "seeds of adventure began to grow" HYBERBOLE
