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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;
3,204 Questions
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What is the Synonyms for high maintenance?
Spends exorbitant amount of money on personal maintenance.
What type of figurative language is the book has pores?
The phrase "the book has pores" employs metaphor as a figurative language device. It suggests that the book is alive or has the ability to absorb and expel knowledge or emotions, similar to how skin with pores interacts with its environment. This vivid imagery invites readers to consider the book as a dynamic entity rather than a static object.
A famous poem with a metaphor in it?
Emily Dickinson's "There Is No Frigate Like a Book":
"There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears the human soul!"
This is personally one of my favorite poems. !
THATS A SIMILE, DUMMY
What figurative language referrs to a part of something that represents the whole?
It could be Microcosm: a situation or place that represents a larger situation or place, eg the play "the crucible" was a microcosm for a situation in American politics in the time in was written. It could also be Synecdoche: where a section or feature is used to describe the whole eg stiff upper lip It may be objective correlative, where small inferences are used to explain something unexplainable eg "I have measured out my life in coffee spoons" - T.S Eliot
What does 'mode of expression' mean?
Mode of expression as it refers to the character emotion of the sentence
interrogative- question..."What time is it?"
Declarative- answer..."It's Four O'clock."
Imperative- "Hurry up then!"
Mode of expression as it refers to the nature of the expressor would be whimsical, cinical, crass, etc.
What best describes slant rhyme?
present when the words have the same ending constant vowel sound but the vowel sounds are different (perch-porch)
Can i say look forward to good news from you?
no because it is a fragment or it is not a complete sentence
What is a good example of You're pulling my leg in figurative language?
I believe you're looking for idioms:
a penny saved is a penny earned;
a piece of cake;
spitting image
'That's stretching the truth a bit',
'You've GOT to be kidding...',
'Are you for real?',
and maybe even, 'Fo schizzle...' are idioms related to the above question.
