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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
Can you give 30 examples of regular verb?
This idea of regular and irregular verbs is generally most helpful to people learning a second language. If a verb follows the expected rules, it is regular. Talk is a regular verb.
* Present simple, the infinitive form is used: e.g. Please talk to me.
* The Past simple is formed by verb + ed : The parrot talked.
* The Past Participle [used in the present and passive tenses, or as an adjective] is verb + ed. e.g. My parrot has talked ever since we got him. (Present perfect)
Go is an irregular verb.
* Present simple is go: We go fishing every weekend.
* Past simple is went: They went fishing at 6 o'clock this morning.
* Past participle is gone: They're not home at the moment, they have gone fishing.(Present perfect)
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adapt
adopt
alarm
astonish
believe
call
cancel
care
carry
chase
chat*
clap*
close
collect
commit*
concentrate
continue
cry
dance
dare
delay
delete
deny
destroy
dislike
divorce
drop*
enjoy
fill
finish
fix
focus
form
happen
hate
help
hire
install
jog*
jump
like
listen
live
look
love
marry
mix
need
open
play
pick
rent
repair
save
search
shave
smell
smile
spy
stare
start
stay
stop*
surf
surprise
surrender
talk
travel
treat
try
utter
walk
want
wash
watch
work
worry
* = Double the last consonant in these verbs before adding ed.
dropped, committed, stopped......etc.
Which type of figurative language is used in She's a bombshell?
This is a metaphor. She is not actually a bombshell, and there is no comparative term (as, like).
What other examples of mathspeak can you find in everyday language?
In addition to...
Stop being square
We've been running in circles
There are so many variables to consider
There must be a solution
What does diction mean in music?
Diction in music means that you need to use lots of exaggeration on vowels and and make your words clearer
What is the meaning of 'dream sequence'?
In the theater, film and television, a dream sequence is a scene or portion of a scene that represents a dream taking place only within the mind of one of the characters. It is seen by the audience, but is understood not to be part of the actual story line. For example, in the film Brazil, each scene of Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) flying is a dream sequence.
There are many things that could happen in the not so distant future. You could have a death in the family for example.
The birds are excellent conservationists - this is an example of what kind of figurative language?
hpyerbole
What figurative language is standing in front of a tornado is as risky as jumping off a cliff?
simile
An antonym or word meaning opposite of strange would be normal. You could also say ordinary or plain.
A social error or blunder is called a faux pas (French, false step).
The pronunciation is "foh pah" or "foe pa".
Vowel digraphs are 2 vowels that represent a single sound. They are ai, ay, ea, ee, ei, ey, ie, oa, oo, ow, and ue.
What is the antonym you could use with this phrase blank swam out and back?
An antoynm is someting that is the opposite of another thing, for example wet is an antoynm for dry. so no you can't use it with that phrase.
it helps when capulet was sad
What do you call a word that can be read forwards and backwards but not spelled like a palidrome?
It is called a semordilap which is backwards for palidromes. An example of a palidrome is kayak which is the same when read both forwards and backwards. An example of a semordilap is dog and G-d which use the same letters when read forwards or backwards but are obviously different words.
Waiter (a man who serves food to customers in a restaurant. He 'waits' on them.)
An active recollection, as well as a subconscience selection of experiences that are drawn upon, in order to contribute to the underlying forces that positively shape our future reponses.
