figures+of+speech
61A Noiseless Patient Spider — By Walt Whitman Overview Whitman’s poem, “A Noiseless Patient Spider” is a series of observations made by the speaker relating to a spider and his actions, whether figurative or literal. Through the observations of the spider the speaker relates… …
62This Is the Life (film) — Infobox Film name = This is the Life image size = caption = director = Ava DuVernay producer = writer = narrator = starring = Freestyle Fellowship Abstract Rude music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 2008 runtime = country =… …
63METALS AND MINING — In the Bible Six metals are mentioned in the Bible and in many passages they are listed in the same order: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and lead. Antimony is also mentioned. The metals are referred to in various contexts, including methods of …
64The Taming of the Shrew — Infobox Play name = The Taming of the Shrew |250px caption = First Folio (1623) title page facsimile writer = William Shakespeare genre = Comedy setting = Padua, Italy and nearby locales subject = Courtship / marriage / battle of the sexes… …
65nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
66Idiom — This article is about phrases with figurative meaning. For other uses, see Idiom (disambiguation). Idiom (Latin: idioma, special property , f. Greek: ἰδίωμα – idiōma, special feature, special phrasing , f. Greek: ἴδιος – idios, one’s own ) is an… …
67Synecdoche — is taken from Greek sinekdohi (συνεκδοχή), meaning simultaneous understanding (PronEng|si nek duh kee) (pronounced IPA|). a figure of speech in which:* a term denoting a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing, or * a term denoting… …
68Circumlocution — (also called periphrasis, circumduction, circumvolution, periphrase, or ambage[1]) is an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech. In its most basic form, circumlocution is using many words (such as a tool used for cutting things such as paper… …
69Eye dialect — is the use of non standard spelling for speech to draw attention to pronunciation. The term was originally coined by George P. Krapp to refer to the literary technique of using non standard spelling that implies a pronunciation of the given word… …
70Apophasis — Not to be confused with Apophysis. Apophasis (Late Latin, from Greek ἀπόφασις from ἀποφάναι apophanai, to say no [1]) refers, in general, to mention by not mentioning . Apophasis covers a wide variety of figures of speech. Contents 1 Apophasis 2… …
