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  2. Exercises in Style - Wikipedia

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    Exercises in Style (French: Exercices de style), written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style.In each, the narrator gets on the "S" bus (now no. 84), witnesses an altercation between a man (a zazou) with a long neck and funny hat and another passenger, and then sees the same person two hours later at the Gare St-Lazare getting advice ...

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. Category:Figures of speech - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to figures of speech, words or phrases that entail an intentional deviation from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect. [ 1 ] Contents

  6. Mark Consuelos Goes Nearly Naked (Except for Boots!) in ... - AOL

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    PEOPLE's Sexiest TV Show Host Alive, indeed!. If Mark Consuelos hadn't earned the title before, he certainly has now. On Friday, Nov. 22, the actor and host, 53, was unveiled as Stuart Weitzman's ...

  7. Male humpback whale makes record-breaking migration - AOL

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    The male humpback whale that traveled the longest documented distance to date is observed in Zanzibar Channel, off the village of Fumba on the Tanzanian island of Unguja, on August 22, 2022.

  8. Pro Picks: Eagles will cruise past the Commanders and ... - AOL

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    CHARGERS: 23-20 Line: Chiefs minus 3 Mahomes plans to play with a mild high-ankle sprain as the Chiefs push toward a No. seed in the AFC. Kansas City is coming off its first win by more than one ...

  9. Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    A political cartoon by illustrator S.D. Ehrhart in an 1894 Puck magazine shows a farm-woman labeled "Democratic Party" sheltering from a tornado of political change.. A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. [1]