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Bust your balls: To harass with the intent to break one’s spirit Busting your chops: To say things intended to harass Can’t hold a candle to: To be far less competent or have far less skills than someone else Cat bird seat: A highly advantaged position, to have it all Chew the fat: To talk […]
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Figure of Speech You might have heard the expression “it’s a figure of speech,” but what does that really mean? A figure of speech is just that – figurative language. It might be words with a literal meaning, a certain arrangements of words, or a phrase with a meaning that is something entirely other than
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English Language JSS3 Second Term Week 4 Contents: Skill Focus: Writing an Argument Literature: Figures of Speech Skill Focus: Writing an Argument Argument An argument in everyday English is a quarrel. But a written ‘ argument’ is a piece of writing that sets out what you think and why you think it. It is not ‘
A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. Though there are hundreds of figures of speech, below are 20 of the most common figures. You will probably remember many of these terms from your English classes. Whether you are conscious of it or not,
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Oxymoron An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which seemingly contradictory words appear side by side but still involving a point. That is, two opposite words are placed side by side to bring out a point. Examples are act naturally, original copy, conspicuous absence, found missing, alone together, criminal justice, old news, peace force, even odds, awful good,
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Firstly, a Figure of Speech is a figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words e.g Simile, Oxymoron, Metonymy e.t.c. Simile A Simile is
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