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... appear- ance than in substance , and has no practical value . The The Figures are classed under a variety of names . most common are Simile , Metaphor , Allegory , Antithesis or Contrast , Metonymy , Synecdoche , Epigram , Hyperbole ...
... appear- ance than in substance , and has no practical value . The The Figures are classed under a variety of names . most common are Simile , Metaphor , Allegory , Antithesis or Contrast , Metonymy , Synecdoche , Epigram , Hyperbole ...
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... appears in the boldest flights of poetry . In figurative boldness it is surpassed only by the Apostrophe . Shelley's " Cloud " is personification throughout . The following stanza is an example : - " I bring fresh showers for the ...
... appears in the boldest flights of poetry . In figurative boldness it is surpassed only by the Apostrophe . Shelley's " Cloud " is personification throughout . The following stanza is an example : - " I bring fresh showers for the ...
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... appear . ( 2. ) The Antonomasia puts an Individual for the Species . " Every man is not a Solomon ; " " he is a Cræ- sus " ( in wealth ) ; a Jezebel . This merely carries the same effect a step farther . Special- ity or Concreteness ...
... appear . ( 2. ) The Antonomasia puts an Individual for the Species . " Every man is not a Solomon ; " " he is a Cræ- sus " ( in wealth ) ; a Jezebel . This merely carries the same effect a step farther . Special- ity or Concreteness ...
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... . Thus a white surface appears brighter in proximity to black ; a weight is compared with a present , in- stead of a remembered , standard . ANTITHESIS . 47 " To be a blessing , and 46 FIGURES OF SPEECH . The Antithesis proper,
... . Thus a white surface appears brighter in proximity to black ; a weight is compared with a present , in- stead of a remembered , standard . ANTITHESIS . 47 " To be a blessing , and 46 FIGURES OF SPEECH . The Antithesis proper,
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... appears not so much contradictory as irrelevant and nonsensical . When we reflect a little , we see that he means to describe the influences of tropical heat in de- bilitating the energies of men , and so preparing them for politi- cal ...
... appears not so much contradictory as irrelevant and nonsensical . When we reflect a little , we see that he means to describe the influences of tropical heat in de- bilitating the energies of men , and so preparing them for politi- cal ...
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abstract alliterations Antithesis arrangement balanced bay color beauty brevity called character circumstances clause comparison composition concrete concrete Extract connection consonants contrast degradation degree Demosthenes described effect emotion English epigram example excitement exposition expression facts figure genius give given harmony Hence History human humor hyperbole Iliad illustration implies impression instances iteration kind language ludicrous meaning melody ment metaphor method metonymy mind mode moral mountains narrative nation nature noun nuendo objects obverse orator pain paragraph pathos Pearl Coast person personification phatic Plato pleasure Pleonasm poet poetic poetry political politics of Poland predicate principle proposition reference rivers sense sentence sentiment simile sions Socrates sometimes sound statement strength style sublime subordinate suggest syllables Synecdoche tautologies tence tender feeling things thou thought tion Transferred Epithet truth variety verb vowels writer