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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 the difference between usage of baleful and baneful?
Baleful and baneful overlap in meaning, but baleful usually applies to something that is menacing or foreshadows evil: a baleful look. Baneful most often describes that which is actually harmful or destructive: baneful effects of their foreign policy.
What are the examples of pragmatic rules?
my lecture asked me to find out the example of pragmatic rules for children. and i don't know about it, that's why i need some help
What does it mean when someone says 'not at liberty to say'?
It means that they are not allowed to tell you, They are sworn to secrecy.
May also be used in the context that someone is not willing to say something because of possible consequences for revealing certain information.
What type of literary device is referred to as a Cinderella team?
Folk tales or fairy tales are literary devices that have moral lessons including unjust oppression and reward. A Cinderella team refers to teams that have more wins and better success than anyone expects.
What does the word cround mean?
You may mean 'crowned' this refers to someone ,possibly of royal heritage being made a formal King, queen, prince or princess.
The eastern horizon is a golden window what figurative language is that?
This is an example of an engish figurative language.
What excerpt from Good Country People is the best example of figurative language?
The reson for her keeping them So long was that they were ... good county people
Feta, its a kind of cheese
2nd answereer says: Get a, Yet a, Bet a, Jetta, Let a, Met a, Net a, Pet a, Set a, Vet a, Wet a, and all the words that end with "-ette", followed by "a".
Who said True love is like a ghost everybody talks about it but few have seen it?
Francis Duc de La Rochefoucauld
What is the meaning of phrase he was trying to flee the city?
He: a personal pronoun taking the place of a noun for a male person.
was trying to flee: to make an attempt to run away.
flee the city: to run from the city to another place.
A male person is attempting to run away from the city to another place.
What figures of speech start with b?
"Break a leg (Good luck)", "Blood is thicker than water", "The ball is in your court", and "Beauty is only skin deep" are figures of speech. They begin with the letter b.
What does Inefficiency n your side does not mean emergency on my side?
'Inefficiency on your side (or on your part) does not mean emergency on my side (or part)' is a well-considered way of saying that just because a person has made a stupid mistake - been inefficient - it doesn't mean someone else - who didn't make the mistake - is obliged to rush around trying to fix it.
The concept may be expressed even more neatly, more succinctly: 'Your inefficiency is not my emergency'.
For example: I sell you a computer, and spend a lot of time with you, explaining how things work and especially, because you've asked, how to avoid computer viruses.
Two days later you ring me in a panic. You've ignored everything I've told you, opened an email from an unknown source and followed its link to an unsafe site, bypassing your computer's message that the site is unsafe. Now your computer is infected, and you want me to drop everything and rush to your office to get you out of this mess.
Your problem has been caused by inefficiency on your part, not mine. You want me to treat your problem as my own emergency, which it isn't. If I decide to treat the matter as urgent and help you out straight away, I'm doing you a favor. If I don't, it's because I've no obligation nor desire to pick up the pieces scattered by your personal failings.
What kind of figurative language is good to the last drop?
It seems perfectly possible to me that some delicious beverage (probably coffee) actually is good to the last drop, in which case this is not figurative language but the literal truth. However, if it is figurative language then it is a form of exaggeration. Perhaps the beverage is good, but not really good to the last drop.
What does mid Victorian point of view mean?
A Mid-Victorian Point of View generally refers to a person with naive views of the world, a distinguished difference between what is right and wrong.
Identify the literary device used in this sentence Can you cross the creek on that craft?
Alliteration, the repetion of a consonant sound, in this case, the sound of the letter "C"
What does the idiomatic expression At your finger tips mean?
It means that something is easily accessible or attainable, as if you could simply reach out and touch it with your fingers, that's how close it is.
Not sure what aspect of it you're asking about!
It may be an example of onomatopoeia - the sound of the word miming the real-life popping sound.
Also, viewed from another angle: it's an example of clipping (cutting short the word 'popular')
Is this a alliteration sentence he stand five feet five inches tall?
Sort of... an alliteration is when you have a lot of the same letters or letter sounds in a row. So I guess, but not really.
What is the difference between a gerund and infinitive?
a gerund is a verb used as a noun that ends in -ing
and an infinitive is a verb used as an adjective and often ends in -ing or -ed
