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  2. Popular Mechanics (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Popular Mechanics" is the story of a couple that has been having relationship issues. Raymond Carver uses ambiguity in the story to describe the situation that is going on between the married couple. Although the problems they are having are not stated specifically, it is clear that the couple is moving apart from each other.

  3. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.). [1] [2] In the distinction between literal and figurative language, figures of

  4. Trope (literature) - Wikipedia

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    A literary trope is an artistic effect realized with figurative language — word, phrase, image — such as a rhetorical figure. [1] In editorial practice, a trope is "a substitution of a word or phrase by a less literal word or phrase". [2]

  5. Robert Downey Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Robert John Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965, in Manhattan, New York City, the younger of the two children. [3] His father, Robert Downey Sr., was a filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ann (née Ford), was an actress who appeared in Downey Sr.'s films. [4] Downey's father was Jewish, while Downey's mother had Scottish, German, and Swiss ...

  6. Robert Downey Jr. on Son Exton Being a 'Scene Stealer ... - AOL

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    A little charmer! Robert Downey Jr.'s son, Exton, is featured in the trailer for his new docuseries and really leaves an impression.The celebrated actor walked the red carpet -- alongside his wife ...

  7. Figurative language - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 18 December 2012, at 08:27 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. Robert Downey Jr. Explains Why He’s Glad He Didn’t Win an ...

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    Downey Jr. was 28 at the time, and struggled with a drug addiction. “I was young and crazy,” Downey Jr. said during an interview on The View on Wednesday, January 24. He told cohost Joy

  9. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Doxa – a common belief or popular opinion, usually contrasted with episteme ('knowledge'). Dramatism – a theory developed by Kenneth Burke, according to which the world is a stage where all the people present are actors; the dramatistic pentad centers around five concepts: act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose.