English can sound more poetic and illustrative if you use metaphors and similes (comparisons using ‘like’ or ‘as’). For example, “He is as brave as a lion.” sharmathi (Posted on 1-16-2013 at 13:41) really worthy….thank you but could you please hep me with these:- 1)A ...
A simile is used to compare two concepts or objects that are not alike. They demonstrate how even items that are unlike have some similarities. They also can be used to make a description particularly vivid and arresting. Similes typically use “like,”“as,”“than” or “resembles” to c...
Zeugmais when one word is used to ascribe two separate meanings to two other words. This literary device is great for adding humor and figurative flair as it tends to surprise the reader. And it’s just a fun type of wordplay. Example: “Yet time and her aunt moved slowly — and her...
A simile is a figure of speech in which two things are directly compared. We use the word like or as to make the comparison. The four phrases above are all similes. The beauty of a simile is that it helps us imagine clearly what the writer is trying to say. Poets and writers use ...
(e.g., 'I, with the help of my friends, survived.') Figures of Speech as Rhetorical Devices Figures of speech are expressions using words beyond their normal meanings. Hyperbole - Deliberate exaggerations. (e.g., 'I jumped right out of my skin') Metaphors and Similes - Creative ...
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Zeugmais when one word is used to ascribe two separate meanings to two other words. This literary device is great for adding humor and figurative flair as it tends to surprise the reader. And it’s just a fun type of wordplay. Example: “Yet time and her aunt moved slowly — and her...
In which of the following sentences, the same tenors may be associated with the same vehicle in both English and Chinese to express similar meanings? A、What a dull speech! He’s merely parroting what many others have said.,B、One look at his face and we realized that a thunderstorm was...
Zeugmais when one word is used to ascribe two separate meanings to two other words. This literary device is great for adding humor and figurative flair as it tends to surprise the reader. And it’s just a fun type of wordplay. Example: “Yet time and her aunt moved slowly — and her...
constitutes the simile; everything seems to present itself as the readiest, the correctest and the simplest means of expression. It actuallyseems, to use one of Zarathustra`s own phrases, as if all things came unto one, and would fain be similes: `Here do all things co...