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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
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.
It's a simile.
Two examples of proactive and reactive language?
proactive language example is i cant do math instead you should use i can do math just need help whith algerbra
What does living from moment to moment imply?
The term "living moment to moment" implies that you should not worry about the future and just live each day as it passes. Worrying can take away from the excitement of life.
Which character is most associated with the moon in act 2 on a midsummers dream?
Rosaline, Romeo's previous love, is compared to the moon. Juliet is metaphorically compared to the sun. Therefore, Romeo is expressing his love towards Juliet, showing that Rosaline is long gone.
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What is the criteria for alliteration?
You mean "what are the criteria for alliteration." Criteria is plural.
An alliteration is the use of a repeating consonant sound at the beginning of words. They do not need to be spelled the same. They do not need to be immediately adjacent, but any intervening words should be unaccented. "The Quran is kind to Christians" is an alliteration notwithstanding the unaccented words "is" and "to" and the fact that the same sound is spelled in three words with a "q", a "k", and a "ch".
On the other hand, "civic charity committee" is not an alliteration because although all three words start with "c" the "c" is pronounced differently in each word.
I would describe this as a fanciful type of simile. It does not make any kind of literal sense but it can be thought of as a poetic invention. In most circumstances I personally would not use such a fanciful simile.
What does dancing the night away mean?
"To dance the night away" means to dance all night long, perhaps even until the sun is rising.
In today's culture, it can mean clubbing.
The romantic element emphasized in the section of text "Each one singing his song as it should be" is the element of belief in the individual and common man or individualism.
What figure of speech is pattering?
'Pattering' is a gerund (verbal noun) or adjective. On its own it does not constitute a figure of speech; single words without a context cannot do so.
