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A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g.,
Taste – a learned admiration for things of beauty. Tautology – the same idea repeated in different words. Techne – a true art. Technobabble – use of technical terms or jargon to try to win a point by confusing the opposition or by attempting to intimidate by suppressing admission of ignorance by the opposition.
1478 drawing by Theodoros Pelecanos of an Ouroboros, in alchemical tract titled Synosius.. Obake – Shapeshifting spirits; Obariyon – Spook which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy
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).
100 Girl Names That Start With "O" From Olive to Oakley, there are so many girl names that start with “O” for new parents to choose from. Here are 100 to consider: Olivia. Olive. Oakley ...
A Dictionary of Similes is a dictionary of similes written by the American writer and newspaperman Frank J. Wilstach. In 1916, Little, Brown and Company in Boston published Wilstach's A Dictionary of Similes, a compilation he had been working on for more than 20 years. It included more than 15,000 examples from more than 800 authors, indexing ...
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter O. 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
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 ...