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    Figure of Speech

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    List of Figures Of Speech Personification Personification is all about adding a human trait to an inanimate object or an abstraction. For example: The picture in that magazine shouted for attention. Simile A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things or ideas using "like" or "as" to accentuate a certain feature of an object by comparing it to a dissimilar object that is a typical example of that particular trait. For example: as big as a bus‚ as clear as a bell‚ as dry as

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    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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    Roman Figures

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    Identification The importance of various Roman figures and influences have defined its longevity and success of still remaining in people’s heart. Cicero was an excellent orator and his speeches remained famous for the skill in using the arguments and figures of speech. Even today they are considered wonderful pieces of classical Latin. The quality and ready accessibility of Ciceronian texts favored very wide distribution and inclusion in teaching curricula. This influence increased after the

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    Lissajous Figures

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    Lissajous figures are patterns generated by the junction of a pair of sinusoidal waves with axes that are perpendicular to one another. Jules-Antione Lissajous studied these figures by producing sounds of different frequencies which were used to vibrate a mirror. A beam of light was then reflected from the mirror to produce trace patterns which were dependent on the frequencies. This setup used by Lissajous is similar to what is used today to project laser light shows. Today‚ Lissajous figures are generated

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    Figure of Speech

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    Figure 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 emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. However‚ clarity may also suffer from their use‚ as any figure of speech introduces

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    Votive Figures

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    Votive Statues o Where: Eshnunna ( modern Tell Asmar‚ Iraq); The Square Temple. o When: c. 2900-2600 BCE. o Votive figures were made as an act of worship to the gods and placed in a shrine before the image of the god. o Writing on the back or bottom state who the statue represents and what they are praying for‚ although a common phrase found on them states "One who offers prayers". o Made of limestone‚ alabaster‚ and gypsum. o Cuneiform text show

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    Significant Figures

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    significant figures When we use an equipment to take measurement‚ it is important to be honest when reporting a measurement‚ so that it does not appear to be more accurate than the equipment used to make the measurement allows. To achieve this‚ we can control the number of significant figures used to report the measurement. When we look at a number‚ its first significant figure is the first digit from the left‚ other than 0. E.g. - in the number 539 the first significant figure is 5 - in

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    Significant Figures in Measurement and Calculations A successful chemistry student habitually labels all numbers‚ because the unit is important. Also of great importance is the number itself. Any number used in a calculation should contain only figures that are considered reliable; otherwise‚ time and effort are wasted. Figures that are considered reliable are called significant figures . Chemical calculations involve numbers representing actual measurements. In a measurement‚ significant figures in

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    Figure of Speech

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    FIGURES OF SPEECH Idioms or figures of speech are combinations of words whose meaning cannot be determined by examination of the meanings of the words that make it up. Or‚ to put it another way‚ an idiom uses a number of words to represent a single object‚ person or concept. Unless you recognise when an idiom is being used you can easily misunderstand the meaning of a text. An idiom is a figure of speech that is used to help express a situation with ease‚ but by using expressions that are usually

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    1. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example‚ “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases. In the former‚ all the words start with the “s” sound‚ while in the later‚ the “p’s” take precedence. Aside from tongue twisters‚ alliteration

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