Questions tagged [figures-of-speech]
A figure of speech is non-literal language in the form of a single word or phrase.
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What is the phrase to describe a person making a comment that indirectly implies an opinion
Implicating, non direct, advice, side comment, snide remark, to share information without directing it at the person it is meant for, an underhanded comment.
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Which figure of speech is used in 'pull of dna'?
Adoptive motherhood is born of a psychical bond that is
so overpowering that it completely eclipses all received notions about ‘blood relation’, ‘pull of DNA’, etc.
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Would this be a metaphor?
So there is an incident where someone was vacationing in Scotland. This other person asks her if she is in Scotland. The one vacationing says "yes". The person's response is "Take as ...
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What is the term/phrase in academic English Literature given to idioms/figure-of-speech/proverbs/narratives that are oxymorons/self-contradictory? [closed]
Unless the employer stuffs my mouth with gold until I gag, I will Not work for them.
What is the term/phrase in academic English Literature given to idioms/figure-of-speech/proverbs/narratives that ...
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Can last be a synonym for least?
My thought process is that I can be first among equals but can I also be last among equals and can this be extended to just be a general the best and the worst. That would mean I am the first and you ...
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Technical term for parts of a metaphor [duplicate]
What's the technical term for the "argument" of a metaphor? For example:
The world is a vampire, set to drain
Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Smashing Pumpkins (1995).
"Vampire" is ...
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Word, term or phrase for idioms, proverbs, figure-of-speech that lose their true meaning due to being from a different time or due to translation? [duplicate]
In various language literature, there could be idioms, proverbs, figure-of-speech that lose their true meaning because
it meant something in a different time period
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What adjective can designate an inventory item that is unwanted and slotted for disposal for a non-specific reason (not damaged, obsolete, extra)?
I am looking for an adjective to describe drums at a manufacturing facility and that have been deemed unwanted and planned to be scrapped, recycled or disposed in some way. They may be empty, have ...
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Is the phrase "a brute of a husband" a figure of speech?
I came across the phrase "A BRUTE OF A HUSBAND". I would normally use 'a brute husband', and this construction seems interesting to me. However, I don't know how to search for more phrases ...
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Figure of speech for repetition of words in the middle of successive phrases, sentences or verses
I know Anaphora is repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses and Epistrophe is repetition of a word or expression at the end of ...
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What is the term for using a famous person's name to describe another person? [duplicate]
Names of exceptional people are sometimes used colloquially to describe other people. The most prominent example is referring to someone ironically as "Einstein" or "an Einstein," ...
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Help me identify the literary device (if any)
Is there a literary device hidden in the following sentence?
The officer wheels me around
I was thinking if it could be a hyperbole or a trope opposite to personification, because a person does not ...
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Literary phrasing (gold-pressed)
Gold pressed temptress of silence
Let the morning call unanswered
And ransom the day off
Song: Good Love, by Zola Blood
What exactly is gold pressed? A fictional reference or some metalsmith ...
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A metaphor for something that changes for a narrative about my name
I am writing a narrative for a class and I have been stuck on metaphors for a specific part!
My name has changed quite a few times throughout my life and I wanted to highlight this through use of ...
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Split-word phenomenon [duplicate]
There's a phenomenon I've encountered occasionally of splitting a word for emphasis:
Do I want to get a kebab? Abso-bloomin'-lutely!
Being "absolutely" given the enhancement of the ...
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