Figure of speech From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Figures of speech" redirects here. For the hip hop group‚ see Figures of Speech. A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often provide
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ow I Met Your Mother (often abbreviated to HIMYM) is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19‚ 2005. The 2013–14 season is the show’s ninth and final season.[1] The series follows the main character‚ Ted Mosby‚ and his group of friends in Manhattan. As a framing device‚ Ted‚ in the year 2030‚ recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting their mother. The show was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays‚ who also serve as the show’s executive producers and frequent
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ENGLISH COMMENTARY Q) Write a commentary on ‘Summer Home’. A) The poem ‘Summer Home’ by Seamus Heaney is an exposé of Heaney and his wife’s difficulties. From the foulness of the atmosphere‚ brought out by the larval mat‚ “possessed air” and the sour summer‚ to the metaphor of his wife’s breasts (“Stalactites in the cave’s old‚ dripping dark-”)‚ Heaney attempts to show his love for his wife and how much he wants his marriage to work. The poem uses very sensual imagery of flowers and reference
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I will be analysing a poem called ‘on my first son’ by Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was an actor‚ play write poet. He wrote his plays around the same time as William Shakespeare. This poem expression of grief over the death of eldest son‚ this is a real story which occurred to Ben Jonson himself. Ben Jonson left London early in 1603‚ to stay at a country house‚ just as a bout of plague was about to envelop the city. He seems to have been worried about his eldest son‚ called Ben his father‚ because he
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In the other words‚ Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker’s language or dialect but are considered acceptable in certain social settings. Slang expressions may act sometimes as euphemisms. They may be new words or old ones used with a new meaning. The desire to say old things in a new way leads to slang . When something becomes very common in our daily life‚ we are likely to make up new words for it. Slang also might be a part of
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for the speakers love and the shers also contains its own metaphor in which to express the speakers longing. The shers are also linked through a refrain which runs throughout the poem for example ‘woo me’‚ ‘cue me’ and ‘tattoo me’ which are all euphemisms for a romantic relationship and are seductive phrases that are targeted to the beloved from the speaker. This
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Eve Teasing A problem of modern society Eve teasing Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India ‚ Bangladesh and Nepal for public sexual harassment‚ street harassment or molestation of women by men‚ with Eve being a reference to the biblical Eve. Considered a problem related to delinquency in youth it is a form of sexual aggression that ranges in severity from sexually suggestive remarks‚ brushing in public places‚ catcalls‚ to outright groping. Sometimes it is referred to with a coy suggestion of
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express dispraise of other; maximize the expression of beliefs which express approval of other. ’ It is preferred to praise others and if this is impossible‚ to sidestep the issue‚ to give some sort of minimal response (possibly through the use of euphemisms)‚ or to remain silent. The first part of the maxim avoids disagreement; the second part intends to make other people feel good by showing solidarity. I heard you singing at the karaoke last night. It sounded like you were enjoying yourself! Gideon
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inclusion of homo-erotica‚ or its undertones‚ would be indicative of his true aesthetic style. The name "Dorian" has connotations of the Dorians‚ an ancient Greek tribe. Robert Mighall suggests this could be Wilde hinting at a connection to "greek"‚ a euphemism for the homoeroticism accepted as everyday in ancient Greece. First‚ the friendship between Dorian‚ Basil‚ and Lord Henry serves as the backbone of the plot: here we see the Greek aspect of homo-eroticism in that both men‚ Basil and Henry‚ admire
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Baker and the Nobel Peace Price Acceptance Speech have focused on one same topic: the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. “The blue code” on the baker’s arm‚which symbolizes his suffering in the concentration camp; his experience in “the Kingdom of Night”‚ a euphemism for the Holocaust. Both of them indicates that there was a time when people lost their faith in god and humanity. However‚ the two speakers in both pieces are differently related to this event: in the Baker‚ the speaker knows someone who is the survivor
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