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Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN 0-14-051363-9. Dana Gioia. The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms: Vocabulary for the Informed Reader. Longman, 2005. ISBN 0-321-33194-X. Sharon Hamilton. Essential Literary Terms: A Brief Norton Guide with Exercises. W. W. Norton, 2006. ISBN 0-393-92837-3.
Goodwife is a term used to designate women of high social status, typically civilian wives. [3] However, in England, these were not people of the gentry. [4] Goodwives were typically involved in civilian duties but did not necessarily join in church activities. [5] The term has also had very specific meanings for certain groups.
Here are 75 good morning text ideas for your partner, whether you're going for cute, sexy, dirty, low-key, or sweet. 75 “Good Morning” Texts That Won't Get You Left on Read All Day Skip to ...
Ahead, literary icons give their two cents on the day’s dawn (oh, E.B. White, we love the way you think: “But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to ...
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"The Good-Morrow" is a poem by John Donne, published in his 1633 collection Songs and Sonnets. Written while Donne was a student at Lincoln's Inn , the poem is one of his earliest works and is thematically considered to be the "first" work in Songs and Sonnets .
A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).