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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 ...
Prominent English-language fantasy writers have rejected definitions of "magic realism" as something other than a synonym for fantasy fiction. Gene Wolfe said, "magic realism is fantasy written by people who speak Spanish", [66] and Terry Pratchett said magic realism "is like a polite way of saying you write fantasy". [67]
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
An idiom is an expression that has a figurative meaning often related, but different from the literal meaning of the phrase. Example: You should keep your eye out for him. A pun is an expression intended for a humorous or rhetorical effect by exploiting different meanings of words. Example: I wondered why the ball was getting bigger. Then it ...
In other words, it’s code-switching. Not meant to be taken literally, the twist after a shocking act violence reads like the materialization of Ali’s desire to be a bolder, more ...
Blur, Blurry, Blurring, Blurred or Blurr, may refer to: ... Blur (band), an English rock band; Albums. Blur, a 1997 eponymous album by the band Blur; Blur ...
Sfumato (English: / s f uː ˈ m ɑː t oʊ / sfoo-MAH-toh, Italian: [sfuˈmaːto]; lit. ' smoked off ', i.e. 'blurred') is a painting technique for softening the transition between colours, mimicking an area beyond what the human eye is focusing on, or the out-of-focus plane. It is one of the canonical painting modes of the Renaissance.
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