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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Title: Figure skating General Purpose: To inform my audience about figure skating. Specific Purpose: To teach audience the fundamental parts of figure skating Central Idea: In order to do all fantastic figure skating perform‚ you have to learn the most basic parts of figure skating: to lace skates‚ fall and get up on skates‚ skate forward on ice. Introduction I. Attention step: Everyone may has seen on TV the classic "scratch spin" in figure skating‚ where the skater draws her arms
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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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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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the representation of the figure of the slave‚ and of the theme of freedom‚ in Douglass’s “Narrative” and Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. The two novels that I am studying are “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain‚ and “The Narrative of Frederick Douglass – Written by Himself”. Both these texts give us an insight into the life of slavery and the societal beliefs of the South in America in the nineteenth century. The theme of freedom and the figure of the slave are two common
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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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Types of Figure of speech 1. Simile Is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things‚ often introduced with the word "like" or "as". 2. Metaphor Is a figure of speech concisely comparing two things‚ saying that one is the other. 3. Personification Is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person. A description of an inanimate object as being a living person or animal as in. An outstanding example of a quality or idea. 4. Trope
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Yulia Luhtanova Luhtanova 1 Debora Loomis ESLW-310 November 26‚ 2013 Parental Monitoring Issue Technology has become a very important part in our every day life. In most parts of the world‚ people use different kinds of computers‚ smartphones‚ and tablets. Since the Internet became popular‚ has been used by children. According to Lucy Battersby‚ Dr. Campbell‚ the senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Sydney‚ said‚ "the social media sites favored by children‚ such as Moshi Monsters
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A public figure will always be judged no matter what they do. If they do good public will think highly and good of them but if they do something that is immoral or bad they will be condemned. When a public figure often does charity work and help other people‚ some might think that they are giving back to the community whereas some might think that they are trying to get famous. Nobody should be judged on what they do‚ sometimes its all just circumstances that we cant avoid. Private life and
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misdoing? From parental and peer neglect the gentle creature quickly became a monster to his tormentors. The neglect that frankenstein put his creation through triggered his monstrous behaviour. The creature was completely
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