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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. 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. 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 the ...

5. Figurative analogy - Wikipedia

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   The two things compared in a figurative analogy are not obviously comparable in most respects. [2] Metaphors and similes are two types of figurative analogies. In the course of analogical reasoning, figurative analogies become weak if the disanalogies of the entities being compared are relevant—in the same way that literal analogies become ...

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   The wholesale value of the seizure was approximately $3.2 million, the Drug Enforcement Administration said. In another incident, CBP officers discovered 1,220 packages that contained 4,587 pounds ...

7. Washington State QB John Mateer to enter transfer portal ...

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   The 6-foot-1 quarterback had a meteoric rise to college success, as he was barely a 3-star recruit in the 2022 recruiting class, ranked the No. 1766 player overall and No. 119 quarterback ...