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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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Why should businesses be socially responsible?
Yes business organization should be socially responsible. When a business is socially responsible they are able to establish a strong customer relationship with their consumers as well as maintain a strong consumer value.
In guitar playing, intonation is the exact amount of tones that each string will raise by as you move your finger up the fretboard (along the string). So basically each fret should be one tone above the one below, but if its 1.1 tones then by the time you get up to the 10th fret you will be 11 tones above the open string when you should only be 10. That said i remember the whole 'tone, tone, semitone, tone' thing so I'm not sure if a fret is 1 tone or a 1 semitone but you get the idea right? Basically if you're intonation 'is out' it means that one or more of your strings doesn't provide the right note when played higher up the guitar.
Do you capitalize Fahrenheit in a sentence?
Yes, for several reasons, one of which is that "Metric" (SI) units named after a real person (and aren't "derived" units) keep capitalisation in honour of those scientists, and Celsius was a real scientist. Also, lower case "c'' is used for other things ( for instance, c. short for "circa" or about, as in approximately, also c (in Italic script) the constant for speed of light).
AnswerThe above answer isn't wholly correct.The SI convention is that all units (base or derived) are written entirely in lower-case letters. Those units named in honour of someone (usually a scientist) use a capitalised symbol. For example, the SI unit for energy is written in full as joule, but its symbol is J. On the other hand, the metre, isn't named in honour of anyone, so its symbol is a lower-case m.
Although Celsius is a metric unit, it is notactually an SI unit, so the above rule does not necessarily apply and, traditionally, it has always been written in full with a capital letter. It's also worth noting that, when written as a symbol, the degree symbol is retained -this is not the case for the SI unit of temperature, the kelvin (symbol: K).
WE Shall look forward to hear from you?
If "I am looking forward to" something, it is implicit in it that I want it to happen "soon." Thus, adding "soon" is a redundancy.
Which is an example of an implied reference?
Apex: At this car dealership, they consistently prioritize high-quality customer service, so buying a car is actually a pleasant experience.
What does can a leopard change his spots mean?
If a person has a tendency to do something like stealing from his job and has been caught and fired from a few jobs, when his friends or family learn he has been caught stealing again from another job they say, well a leopard can't change his spots. Meaning once a thief always a thief, or any other vice or short coming a person may have.
The word liberty in a sentence?
There are millions of sentences in which you can use the word 'liberty'
Eg. Give me the liberty of answering this question.
What is some figurative language in the book I Am Legend?
He keeps having flashbacks I'm pretty sure that counts
What are some figurative language examples in the utterly perfect murder?
The train is a great symbol. I symbolizes Doug taking a journey into his past.
What is an example of a poem about dance with figurative language?
I saw the smoky shadows dancing across the wall in the moonlight.
What is the symbolism in All the Years of Her Life?
Mrs. Higgins shaky hand shows her stress and love for her son and that she truly cares about him. But there is another not-so-obvious symbol, what Alfred stole. the author chose those items for a reason; the makeup shows that Mrs. Higgins covered-up how she felt about Alfred's choices and the toothpaste was like Alfred showing that he wanted to clean everything he did in the past and finally be grownup.
What kind of figurative language is pitch black?
As black as death, as black as night, as black like darkness itself.... um as black as an emo..
What is the abbreviation for cholecystectomy?
The word cholecystectomy means removal of the gallbladder. Cholecyst is the gallbladder and ectomy means the removal of. The medical term cholecystectomy does not have a prefix it only contains a root and a suffix because you are talking about the gallbladder in general.
What part of speech is agoraphobia?
Claustrophobia is a noun. It's a fear of small or confined spaces.
What are examples of an understatement?
Einstein wasn't an idiot.
Bill Gates has saved for retirement.
George Bush is a moron
But this last sentence is not actually an understatement. An understatement would be:
George Bush is no great speaker.
or
George Bush is not very bright.
What literary terms and devices are used in poetry?
The style of writing poetry differs from person to person; long or short meters, three or four lines to a stanza. But the great thing is, no matter how a poem is written it still holds great emotion. Some techniques used in poetry are onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, rhyming, simile and metaphor.
What literary devices are in Alone by Edgar Allan Poe?
He uses alot of imagery to explain depression in his life
I believe that there is only personification and imagery in the poem. I couldn't find anything else
What type of figurative language is used in Holy Sonnet 10?
"thou contracted to thine own bright eyes" is a synechdoche.
Which figure of speech use in jack and Jill?
it is in third person pov/ narrator which means that someone outside of the actual story is telling it.
