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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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With 2040 does that means that your eyes are need of special care?
what does 2040 in bothe eyes together mean?
A rhetoric analogy is outlines a work of non fiction and explains it and breaks it down so it is easier to understand. They usually compare two different things that have similar aspects.
What does the idiomatic expression do what comes naturally mean?
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, written by Irving Berlin, about Annie Oakley, the most prominent member of Darke County Ohio, where I grew up.
"Folks are dumb where I come from, They ain't had any learning.
Still they're happy as can be
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally). "
Full Lyrics:
http:/www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/anniegetyourgun/doinwhatcomesnaturlly.htm
YouTube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht42_fWA0bM
A metaphor
Do you sheaf or sheath a knife?
You sheath a knife.
The verb, sheath, means to cover a knife blade, or the whole knife, with a sheath.
The verb, sheathing, means putting the knife into a sheath; the knife is then sheathed (adjective).
The noun, sheath, in this context, is a cover, usually fitted, made for carrying a knife or other kind of bladed implement.
The verb, sheaf, means to gather (things) and bind or collect (them) into a bundle: 'a sheaf of papers'.
The noun, sheaf, is the bundle of things which you've sheafed (adjective) by sheafing (verb) them.
What is the meaning I am busted?
"Busted" can have a couple of meanings. Either you have been caught by the authorities doing something you shouldn't have been doing, or you have no money and are "flat broke."
What is part 1 of the odyssey mainly about?
it has to do with some guy on a mission to get home or something so he goes through alot of monsters and gods like cicones, locus eaters, cyclops, aeoius, aestriganians, circe, land of dead, charibdis, and rankiti cattle (and calipso)
Uniersal theme is :message about life that is important ,true to all people of all time.
What part of speech is emblem?
Either a noun or a verb, depending upon the context. It is generally considered to be a noun.
What figure of speech used, what tone and modd is created at the breathe by alessandra g.l gonzales?
right
What is an example of a generalization?
Postcolonial literature often deals with themes of cultural identity
DO amalgam is a type of restoration used to repair a tooth that has been damaged by dental decay or a fracture.
Amalgam is the material used, commonly called "silver fillings".
DO refers to the surfaces of the tooth that the amalgam will occupy.
D = distal (think 'back'.) O = occlusal (think 'biting')
Therefore, this is a two surface silver filling.
What literary devices are used in Hernando Tellez's Just Lather That's All?
It uses symbolism and irony.
What is the main idea of the Masque of the Red Death?
Regardless of how blissful, wealthy, and positive you are, there is no way of escaping death.
What does 'excuse my language' mean?
It is a sort of pre-apology used to soften the use of an epithet (curse word or course language).
Examples of participial phrase?
A participial phrase contains a participle, a verb based word that's used as an adjective, and a modifier or a noun, or both. An example of a participial phrase can be found in the sentence: He saw her working at the restaurant. The participial phrase is "working at the restaurant".
What are the types of figurative language?
- imagery-using the senses to describe (eg,,the sun is bright)
- alliteration-using the same letter/sounds to make a sentence flow smoothly (eg,, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
- metaphor-comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as (eg,,firey red or the road was a moonlit ribbon of light)
- simile-comparing two unlike things using the words like or as (eg,, Santa's beard is white as snow)
- onematepia-words that are the way they sound (eg,, pop, crackle, sizzle, snap, buzz...)
- personification-giving an object or animal human characteristics (eg,, the tree swayed in the wind)
- hyperbole-an exaggeration (eg,, she was a billion years old)
- Idioms
Alliterartion. Metaphor. Simile. Personification. Onimonapia. Are a few.
Flag Officer of Regional Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
What do you think is the meaning of courage being one white flower in a fire swept land?
Those who are truly courageous are the ones who are able to survive in spite of incredible hardship and misfortune that would normally decimate and destroy all. In fact the truly courageous, do not just survive but thrive and blossom giving beauty and hope to their dreary and seemingly hopeless circumstances and surroundings.
How do you make the phrase shines like diamonds glistening in the sun sound less cliche?
For a poetic use, do, "Glisting like priceless gems, shining in the golden day."
