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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 figure of speech is soaring weeping birches?
It is an oxymoron, that is, a literary device that includes terms that contradict each other. "Weeping" in horticulture means growing downward, and is frequently applied to willows, birches, and some ornamental fruit trees whose branches dramatically bend toward the ground. Therefore, "soaring," which implies upward flight, contrasts with the downward movement suggested by "weeping." The phrase creates a feeling that the birches are tall and sweeping upward, yet their branches are also being pulled toward the ground, as if the tree itself is indecisive.
What does never the less mean?
Do not worry about it...do not think about....whatever was it..it is not needed anymore
"The cost was chicken feed" means basically "it was nothing." The cost was negligible, not important.
Can you give me an example of an author writing in the 2nd person?
Writing a story or non-fiction in the second person is unusual, because it's awkward. Instead of the word "I" (1st person) or "he" or "she" (3rd person), you use the word "you," as if you are addressing the reader directly. Rather than telling the reader what happened, you're encouraging them to imagine themselves experiencing and doing the events of the story.
The related link lists several notable works that use second person narrative.
Use non sequitor in a sentence?
The Latin phrase non sequitur means, literally, it does not follow. Thus, non sequitur is a term used to describe a comment or argument that does not logically transition from the previous conversation. To use the phrase in a sentence, one must simply remark upon a seemingly random conversation shift.
A: So I decided to apply for a new job.
B: Really? Have you noticed the weather lately?
A: Well, that was a non sequitur.
They're not. They are additive inverses. The word "opposite" has no meaning in mathematics or logic. If you think of zero as a datum, then 20 and -20 are each 20 units in "opposite" directions on a number line. That's what additive inverse means: if you add them together, you get zero which is an additive identity.
Ring is what figure of speech?
The word 'ring' is ambiguous (polysemous): it may mean 'a piece of jewellery' or 'phone' as in 'Ring me up'.
The object 'ring' may have a symbolic meaning (it's usually a symbol of commitment to someone or something, as in wedding ring).
Moonlight prepared to bathe in the pool of dew drops is an example of what litery device?
If Moonlight literally refers to the light of the moon (which cannot actually bathe) - then the figure of speech is Personification (treating something which is not a person, as if it were a person).
If Moonlight is the name of a horse, or a cow, there is no figure of speech here.
A descriptive phrase is added information to the subject, object,... E.g.: The girl (= subject) + who thought she was beautiful (= descriptive phrase) + verb
What is the combination of two words into one called?
a compound word
The word you're looking for is portmanteau.
- Their business was very successful, and they were making money hand over foot. (The correct expression to use here is "hand over fist".)
- It's dirty work, so you will want to wear overhauls. (The correct word is "overalls".)
- The secret was weighing her down, like a milestone around her neck. (The correct word is "millstone".)
What does the literary device 'tone' mean?
Just how a certain piece of literature's theme is approached is considered to be it's tone. See more at the related Wikipedia link listed below:
How many types of sign language is there?
There are so many...many different ones for each country.
There are at least 25 sign languages in Africa, according to researcher Nobutaka Kamei.[1][2][3] Some have distributions that are completely independent of those of African spoken languages. At least 13 foreign sign languages, mainly from Europe and America, have been introduced to at least 27 African nations; some of the 23 sign languages documented by Kamei have originated with or been influenced by them.
* Adamorobe Sign Language (ADS) (Ghana)
* Algerian Sign Language
* Bamako Sign Language (in a school in Mali)
* Bura Sign Language - Nigeria (PDF link)
* Chadian Sign Language
* Congolesian Sign Language
* Egypt Sign Language
* Ethiopian Sign Language
* Franco-American Sign Language - a pidgin observed in Cameroon and elsewhere in West and Central Africa.
* Gambian Sign Language
* Ghana Sign Language (or "Ghanaian Sign Language") (GSE)
* Guinean Sign Language
* Hausa Sign Language "Maganar Hannu" (HSL) - Northern Nigeria (Kano State)
* Kenyan Sign Language (KSL or LAK)
* Libyan Sign Language
* Malagasy Sign Language (or "Madagascan Sign Language")
* Morroccan Sign Language
* Mozambican Sign Language
* Mbour Sign Language - Senegal
* Namibian Sign Language
* Nigerian Sign Language
* Sierra Leone Sign Language
* South African Sign Language (SASL)
* Tanzanian Sign Language (seven independent languages, one for each deaf school in Tanzania)
* Tunisian Sign Language
* Uganda Sign Language (USL)
* Zambian Sign Language (ZASL)
* Zimbabwe Sign Language
The Americas
* American Sign Language (ASL)
* Argentine Sign Language (LSA)
* Bolivian Sign Language
* Brazilian Sign Language "Lingua Brasileira de Sinais" (LIBRAS)
* Chilean Sign Language "Lenguaje de Señas Chileno" (LSCH)
* Colombian Sign Language (CSN)
* Costa Rican Sign Language (LESCO)
* Cuba Sign Language
* Ecuadorian Sign Language
* Guatemalan Sign Language
* Honduras Sign Language "Lengua de señas hondureña" (LESHO)
* Maritime Sign Language
* Mayan sign languages
* Mexican Sign Language "Lengua de señas mexicana" (LSM)
* Nicaraguan Sign Language "Idioma de señas nicaragüense" (ISN)
* Quebec Sign Language "Langue des Signes Québécoise" (LSQ)
* Peruvian Sign Language
* Providence Island Sign Language
* Salvadorian Sign Language
* Uruguayan Sign Language
* Urubú Sign Language
* Venezuelan Sign Language "Lengua de señas venezolana" (LSV)
* Yucatec Maya Sign Language
Asia/Pacific
* Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
* Ban Khor Sign Language - used in the Isan region of Thailand.
* Bengali Sign language
* Chinese Sign Language "中国手语" (ZGS)
* Filipino Sign Language "Philippine Sign Language" (PSL)
* Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language
* Hong Kong Sign Language "香港手語" (HKSL)
* Huay Hai Sign Language (Thailand)
* Indo-Pakistani Sign Language or Indian Sign Language
* Indonesian Sign Language Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia (BII)
* Japanese Sign Language "日本手話" (Nihon shuwa), (NS)
* Kata Kolok - used in Bali
* Laos Sign Language
* Korean Sign Language
* Malaysian Sign Language "Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia" (BIM)
* Mongolian Sign Language
* Na Sai Sign Language (Thailand)
* Nepal Sign Language
* New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL)
* Old Bangkok Sign Language
* Old Chiangmai Sign Language
* Plaa Pag Sign Language
* Penang Sign Language (used in Malaysia)
* Selangor Sign Language (used in Malaysia)
* Singapore Sign Language
* Sri Lankan Sign Language
* Taiwanese Sign Language
* Tibetan Sign Language
* Thai Sign Language
* Vietnamese sign languages (Hanoi Sign Language, Ho Chi Minh Sign Language, Haiphong Sign Language)
Europe
* Albanian Sign Language "Gjuha e Shenjave Shqipe"
* Armenian Sign Language
* Austrian Sign Language "Österreichische Gebärdensprache" (ÖGS)
* Belgian-French Sign Language "Langue des Signes de Belgique Francophone" (LSFB)
* British Sign Language (BSL)
* Bulgarian Sign Language
* Catalan Sign Language (or "Catalonian Sign Language") "Llengua de Signes Catalana" (LSC)
* Croatian Sign Language (Croslan) "Hrvatskog Znakovnog Jezika" (HZJ)
* Czech Sign Language "Český znakový jazyk" (CZJ)
* Danish Sign Language "Tegnsprog"
* Dutch Sign Language "Nederlandse Gebarentaal" (NGT), also commonly known as "Sign Language of the Netherlands" (SLN)
* Estonian Sign Language "Eesti viipekeel"
* Finnish Sign Language "Suomalainen viittomakieli" (SVK)
* Finland-Swedish Sign Language "finlandssvenskt teckenspråk" (Swedish) or "suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli" (Finnish)
* Flemish Sign Language "Vlaamse Gebarentaal" (VGT)
* French Sign Language "Langues des Signes Française" (LSF)
* German Sign Language "Deutsche Gebärdensprache" (DGS)
* Greek Sign Language "Ελλ ηνική Νοηματ ική Γλώσσ α" (GSL)
* Hungarian Sign Language "Magyar jelnyelv"
* Icelandic Sign Language "Táknmál"
* Irish Sign Language (ISL)
* Italian Sign Language "Lingua dei Segni Italiana" (LIS)
* Lithuanian Sign Language "Lietuvių gestų kalba"
* Maltese Sign Language "Lingwi tas-Sinjali Maltin" (LSM)
* Northern Ireland Sign Language (NISL)
* Norwegian Sign Language "Tegnspråk" (NSL)
* Polish Sign Language "Polski Język Migowy" (PJM)
* Portuguese Sign Language "Língua Gestual Portuguesa" (LGP)
* Russian Sign Language "Russkii Zhestovyi Iazyk"
* Spanish Sign Language "Lengua de signos española" (LSE)
* Swedish Sign Language "Svenskt teckenspråk" (TSP)
* Swiss-French Sign Language "Langage Gestuelle"
* Swiss-German Sign Language "Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache" (DSGS)
* Turkish Sign Language "Türk İşaret Dili" (TİD)
* Valencian Sign Language "Llengua de Signes en la Comunitat Valenciana" (LSCV)
Middle East
* Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language (ABSL), Southern Israel
* Israeli Sign Language
* Persian Sign Language
* Jordanian Sign Language Lughat il-Ishaarah il-Urduniah (LIU)
* Kuwaiti Sign Language
* Saudi Arabian Sign Language
Historical sign languages
* BANZSL - Language family to which BSL, Auslan, and NZSL belong
* Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
* Old French Sign Language - Parent language of many sign languages
* Old Kent Sign Language
Auxiliary sign systems
* Australian Aboriginal sign languages
* Baby Sign - using signs to assist early language development in young children.
* Baseball Sign - a method used in baseball and softball to communicate strategic plays without the opponent knowing
* Contact Sign - a pidgin or contact language between a spoken language and a sign language, eg. Pidgin Sign English (PSE).
* International Sign (previously known as Gestuno) - an auxiliary language used by deaf people in international settings.
* Makaton - a system of signed communication used by and with people who have speech, language or learning difficulties.
* Monastic sign language
* Plains Indian Sign Language
* Tic tac - a traditional British system of communicating betting odds at racecourses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sign_languages2
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What is the abbreviation of Attended?
idk really what the abbreaviation is but if you want a shorter term/word to say it,it would be attend.
What job does the mesophere do?
It's the region of atmosphere from top of stratosphere to about 50 miles up. It filters sunlight and protects the stratosphere.
