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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter N. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.
Uses of figurative language, or figures of speech, can take multiple forms, such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and many others. [12] Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature says that figurative language can be classified in five categories: resemblance or relationship, emphasis or understatement, figures of sound, verbal games, and errors.
1. Narwhals. Narwhals are known as the "unicorns of the sea" due to their long, spiral-like tusks, which are actually elongated teeth. These mysterious marine mammals inhabit Arctic waters and use ...
N-dam-keno-wet – Fish-human hybrid; Neptune (Roman mythology) – God of freshwater and sea; Neck (Germanic mythology) – Female water spirit; Negret – Little people that turn into coins; Nekomata – Split-tailed magical cat; Nekomusume – Cat in the form of a girl; Nemean Lion – Lion with impenetrable skin
The easiest stylistic device to identify is a simile, signaled by the use of the words "like" or "as". A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and describe something in descriptive terms. Example: "From up here on the fourteenth floor, my brother Charley looks like an insect scurrying among other insects." (from "Sweet ...
Paper clip; Paper cutter; Paper Mate; Paper size; Pee Chee folder; Pen; Pencil; Pencil Case; Post-it note; A Bavarian postal card from 1895 with an imprinted stamp Some Royal Mail rubber bands, on top of letter size guide. Postal stationery
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).