Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, from Shakespeare to the Present Time .[..]Harper, 1896 |
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... METONYMY . EUPHEMISM . Relativity ALLEGORY . IRONY . LITOTES . PERSONIFICATION . SARCASM . EPITHET . CLIMAX . Figures of Gradation HYPERBOLE . EPIZEUXIS . ANACOLUTHON . Figures of Emphasis ANAPHORA . APOSIOPESIS . ALLITERATION . I ...
... METONYMY . EUPHEMISM . Relativity ALLEGORY . IRONY . LITOTES . PERSONIFICATION . SARCASM . EPITHET . CLIMAX . Figures of Gradation HYPERBOLE . EPIZEUXIS . ANACOLUTHON . Figures of Emphasis ANAPHORA . APOSIOPESIS . ALLITERATION . I ...
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... Metonymy is that figure in which one thing is de- scribed by the name of another thing having to the thing described the relation of cause , effect , adjunct , or accom- paniment . Thus : 1. Cause for effect , as " the savage desolation ...
... Metonymy is that figure in which one thing is de- scribed by the name of another thing having to the thing described the relation of cause , effect , adjunct , or accom- paniment . Thus : 1. Cause for effect , as " the savage desolation ...
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... metonymy is a figure in which a word is used to express a thing differing from its original in kind . Hence metonymies are somewhat bolder than synecdoches . 30. Euphemism is the figure by means of which a harsh meaning is expressed in ...
... metonymy is a figure in which a word is used to express a thing differing from its original in kind . Hence metonymies are somewhat bolder than synecdoches . 30. Euphemism is the figure by means of which a harsh meaning is expressed in ...
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... Metonymy or synecdoche ? —resolved . Meaning ? 24. lost each human trace . Grammatical construction ? —surrendering up , etc. To what word is this adjective phrase an adjunct ? -Remark on the expres- sion " surrendering up . " 27. a ...
... Metonymy or synecdoche ? —resolved . Meaning ? 24. lost each human trace . Grammatical construction ? —surrendering up , etc. To what word is this adjective phrase an adjunct ? -Remark on the expres- sion " surrendering up . " 27. a ...
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... is this passage ? —The whole sentence is in what figure ? ( See Def . 18 . ) - In this passage point out a metaphor . A metonymy . A simile.- Commit this passage to memory . 70 75 II . THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE - TREE . 414 BRYANT .
... is this passage ? —The whole sentence is in what figure ? ( See Def . 18 . ) - In this passage point out a metaphor . A metonymy . A simile.- Commit this passage to memory . 70 75 II . THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE - TREE . 414 BRYANT .
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