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2. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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   A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.). [1] [2] In the distinction between literal and figurative language, figures of

3. Black Ships Before Troy - Wikipedia

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   The Reading Teacher remarked that the book's division into 19 chapters makes it a good text to spread out over multiple readings, and praised Sutcliff's "graceful, powerful language". [5] Sutcliff's prose is praised also in Books to Build On , a collection of teaching resources edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. [ 6 ] A Common Core handbook suggests ...

4. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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   Literal and figurative language is a distinction that exists in all natural languages; it is studied within certain areas of language analysis, in particular stylistics, rhetoric, and semantics. Literal language is the usage of words exactly according to their direct, straightforward, or conventionally accepted meanings : their denotation .

5. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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   The easiest stylistic device to identify is a simile, signaled by the use of the words "like" or "as".A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and describe something in descriptive terms.

6. Man in critical condition after being pushed onto New York ...

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   A man was left in critical but stable condition after he was pushed onto the subway tracks at the 18th Street station in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The 45 -year-old victim was pushed onto ...

7. Lisa Kudrow explains how ‘Friends’ cast worked on their real ...

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   The cast of “Friends” is well known for being besties, but that developed over time. During an appearance on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, “Friends” star Lisa Kudrow ...

8. Metaphor - Wikipedia

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   Analysts group metaphors with other types of figurative language, such as antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy, and simile. [3] “ Figurative language examples include “similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, allusions, and idioms.”” [ 4 ] One of the most commonly cited examples of a metaphor in English literature comes from the " All ...

9. Fans Are Worried About Giada De Laurentiis: 'Someone ... - AOL

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   Maybe she was going for shock value? Fans have flooded Giada De Laurentiis' latest TikTok video to express their concern after the former Food Network star shared a, well, surprising new recipe to ...