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A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).
Entryism (also called entrism, enterism, infiltration, a French Turn, boring from within, or boring-from-within) is a political strategy in which an organization or state encourages its members or supporters to join another, usually larger, organization in an attempt to expand influence and expand their ideas and program.
Simile: comparison between two things using like or as. Snowclone : alteration of cliché or phrasal template . Syllepsis : the use of a word in its figurative and literal sense at the same time or a single word used in relation to two other parts of a sentence although the word grammatically or logically applies to only one.
House of Hummingbird (2020 ... The work that Justin and I do is very dense and rich with subtext and metaphor. ... But what starts off as a boring punishment turns into a day of bonding and ...
It’s so much better than the merry-go-round, which is boring and just goes round and round. Steenburgen understands that the story is about life and, duh, parenthood.
You can turn a regular outlet into a switched outlet. The decora rocker switch is thin and can be double stuck anywhere or put next to another switch to look like it is wired. Like $50 for both.
The turn in poetry has gone by many names. In "The Poem in Countermotion", the final chapter of How Does a Poem Mean?, John Ciardi speaks thus of the "fulcrum" in relation to the non-sonnet poem "O western wind" (O Western Wind/when wilt thou blow/The small rain down can rain//Christ! my love were in my arms/and I in my bed again): 'The first two lines are a cry of anguish to the western wind ...
The House Republican majority is becoming so inept at moving legislation through the normal process that it's starting to look like a more rowdy Senate. Republicans are weaponizing a boring House ...