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    Figures of Speech

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    Figures of Speech Resemblance A. Simile - A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things‚ usually by employing the words "like" or "as". 1) They fought like cats and dogs. 2) She is as thin as a toothpick. 3) Geoff is handsome as a prince. B. Metaphor - A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image‚ story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g.‚ "Her eyes were glistening jewels." 1) Life

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    FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Adjunction: Adjunction refers to a clause or a phrase‚ usually a verb‚ that is added at the beginning

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    Figure of Speech

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    figure of speech is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning‚[citation needed] or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it such as a metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification.[citation needed] Figures of speech often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. However‚ clarity may also suffer from their use‚ as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation. A figure of speech is sometimes

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    Freedom of Speech

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    freedom of speech ever justified? : Annotated Bibliography Cooray‚ Mark. Importance of freedom of speech and expression. (1997) http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cooray/rights/chap6.htm Freedom of speech is important because without it we wouldn’t be able to open freely and speak to the government about our opinions and the government wouldn’t have the opportunity to respond to our critiques .Freedom of speech is the single most important political right of citizens‚ without free speech no political

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    The kings Speech

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    The Kings Speech My opinion on the film “The Kings Speech” was that I found it to be very interesting‚ the dialogue is understandable and it’s a very touching movie that draws you in from start to finish. “The Kings Speech” is the story of King George‚ taking place in the mid-1930s‚ after the death of his father; the throne was passed on to George’s brother‚ David. But David makes the decision to reject the throne to marry a woman who has been divorced because he loves her and in order to be king

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    Figure of Speech

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    List of Figures Of Speech Personification Personification is all about adding a human trait to an inanimate object or an abstraction. For example: The picture in that magazine shouted for attention. Simile A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things or ideas using "like" or "as" to accentuate a certain feature of an object by comparing it to a dissimilar object that is a typical example of that particular trait. For example: as big as a bus‚ as clear as a bell‚ as dry as

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    Freedom of Speech

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    Freedom of speech is one of the main pillars that the United States of America is built upon. It is very important to the public that the founding fathers made it the first amendment. However‚ when does a granted right become a threat? This is exactly the case that is at hand when one talk about the Internet. The internet nowadays is vey widely spread that one may say something in one part of the world and one minute later another reads it across the globe. Thus one must embark on the question of

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    Freedom of speech secures an important place in democracy. Everyone has the right to speak‚ express ideas and beliefs. But speech has never been free absolutely. It is limited when it conflicts with the values and rights. It is meaningless to speak on the things that do not have relevant evidences or can’t be justified. There are laws against the offensive speech. Freedom of speech also referred as the freedom of expressions is the right to put forth the ideas‚ beliefs or expressions until it doesn’t

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    Parts of Speech

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    of the traditional eight parts of speech comes to mind‚ flashbacks to sitting in the back row of my middle school English language class flourish through my brain. I don’t remember too much about them today‚ however I do know that it was drilled into my brain until we could fully understand and use them all. The eight parts of speech: such a key component of language‚ yet such a complicated piece of my learning career. Out of all eight of the parts of speech‚ the verb‚ the noun‚ the pronoun‚

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    Figures of Speech

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    Figures of Speech 1. Alliteration - The repetition of an initial consonant sound. 2. Allusion - Figure of speech that makes a reference to or representation of‚ a place‚ event‚ literary work‚ myth‚ or work of art‚ either directly or by implication. 3. Antithesis - The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. 4. Apostrophe - Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing‚ some abstract quality‚ an inanimate object‚ or a nonexistent character.

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