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2. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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   Figurative language is language using figures of speech. [1] Simile. The easiest stylistic device to identify is a simile, signaled by the use of the words "like" or ...

3. 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 .

4. List of English-language metaphors - Wikipedia

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   A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".

5. 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 ...

6. Essay - Wikipedia

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   The focus of a description is the scene. Description uses tools such as denotative language, connotative language, figurative language, metaphor, and simile to arrive at a dominant impression. [15] One university essay guide states that "descriptive writing says what happened or what another author has discussed; it provides an account of the ...

7. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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   The use of figurative language as a poetic device function to convey the poet's intended meaning in various ways. Allusion–A brief reference to a person, character, historical event, work of art, and Biblical or mythological situation. Analogy–Drawing a comparison or inference between two situations to convey the poet's message more ...

8. 49ers suspend De'Vondre Campbell for refusing to enter game ...

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   The San Francisco 49ers on Monday suspended linebacker De'Vondre Campbell for the final three games of the regular season for refusing to play Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams.. Niners ...

9. 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