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Ship of state: the nautical metaphors of Thomas Jefferson : with numerous examples by other writers from classical antiquity to the present. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-2516-6. Milligan, Christopher S.; Smith, David C. (1997). "Language from the Sea: Discovering the Meaning and Origin of Nautical Metaphors".
She is best known for the books, The Plant Baby and Its Friends, Little People, Alice and Tom, and Stories in Songs. [1] Brown was born in Adams, Massachusetts [1] and had her first poem published in print at age 9. [3] She wrote many children's scientific novels, poems, and periodical articles, [4] many of which surround nature and botany themes.
The book opens with the words: "A little boy planted a carrot seed. His mother said, 'I'm afraid it won't come up.'" A little boy plants a carrot seed to grow a giant carrot. Despite the skepticism of his parents and, particularly, his older brother, he persists and "pulled up the weeds around it every day and sprinkled the ground with water".
A figurative device which involves the substitution of one grammatical form for another. It is commonly used in metaphor; e.g. "to palm someone off" or "to have a good laugh". [2] Compare hypallage. end rhyme end-stopped line A line in poetry that ends in a pause, indicated by a specific punctuation, such as a period or a semicolon. [13 ...
Do not judge a book by its cover; Do not keep a dog and bark yourself; Do not let the bastards grind you down; Do not let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet; Do not look a gift horse in the mouth; Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill; Do not meet troubles half-way; Do not put all your eggs in one basket; Do not put the cart before the horse
In 2024, the book was one of the most borrowed titles in American public libraries. [14] According to Book Marks, the book received a "rave" consensus, based on three critic reviews: three "rave". [15] Native Studies Review writes that Braiding Sweetgrass is a "book to savour and to read again and again."
The apparent analogy of a seed being planted in furrowed soil to a male’s “planting” of semen in the vulva of a female led to the conclusion that men provide the seed of new life and women constitute the soil in which that seed grows. This Seed Metaphor, which McElvaine calls "the Conception Misconception," has remained with us throughout ...
For example, in "The book is moving right along," the book refers to the process of writing or publishing. [22] Punctuation marks often stand metonymically for a meaning expressed by the punctuation mark. For example, "He's a big question mark to me" indicates that something is unknown. [23]