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: What do you call the act of "misusing" metaphors? What do you call the act of "misusing" metaphors or using it in a way that's not accepted or considered wrong by most authors. I
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: Can we use personification this way? Can we use personification this way? Say His bold eyes swam through the forest. Instead of saying: He boldly ran through the forest. I am wondering if this
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: Can you use personification and then refer to the inanimate thing as a part of your body? Can you use personification and then refer to the inanimate thing as a part of your body? For example:
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: When does figurative language go too far? I like using figurative language to lighten up my writing. However, I'm not sure how far you can take some stylistic devices, such as personification.
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: Using colors as words He was clad with white and silver bracelets. Can we use colors such as white and use them as a substitute for other words like "white clothes"? He was clad
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: Adding a double-meaning to a phrase/sentence by "layering" our writing with meanings "He traveled all his life to grasp the light, and he did." The light can be interpreted as something
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: How can we distinguish good metaphors from bad ones? How can we distinguish good metaphors from bad ones? I feel like a lot of figurative languages can border nonsense, but how much nonsense
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: What kind of metaphor is "colors of the wind"? What kind of metaphor is "color of the wind"? I am not sure it's a metaphor, because we're attributing some traits that shouldn't be associated
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: Is it okay to put an inversion in a song lyrics? In the dark alley of my youth, light, it shone from the cloud-ladden sky. I've been listening to the chirping in the trees.
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: Ironic Juxtaposition or Antithesis? The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature, capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty. This is taken from the lyrics Sophia
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: Is this 'complex' metaphor an oxymoron? This is from the lyrics "The Edge of Dawn" from Fire Emblem Three Houses: Yet still I hide Behind this mask that I have become My
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: What kind of metaphor is "trees in the wind"? What kind of metaphor is "trees in the wind"? I saw God in the Forest Teachin' Tai Chi To the trees in the wind Bowing
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: Is writing literary devices in a narrative essay (reflective) always good? In narrative essays, writing literary devices almost always makes the reader feel more of what is in the story. However,
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: When does a phrase change from "quote" to "expression coined by"? "The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry" comes from Robert Burns's To a Mouse. It is a commonly used expression,
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: When is using a simile better than giving a literal description? Definition of simile : a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as
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: Combining an idiom with a metonymy I am not sure if this is possible. I would like to use a metonymy with an idiom, and it doesn't seem to be something people ever did, so it feels wrong.
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: Using spoonerism for a non-humoristic purpose I found this interesting figure of speech called spoonerism. Here's the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism Now, I have been wondering if
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: Can metaphors be used for other purposes than for stylistic effect and to form an allegory? I was wondering if there were other uses for metaphors other than forming an allegory and for stylistic
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: Are there situations where using an anastrophe is ill-advised? I wrote a (unrhymed) couplet, because I couldn't find a good enough example: She ran the comb through her hair ebony As
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: Is there such a thing as a "cinematographic metaphor" in novels? What I mean by "cinematographic metaphor" is that, instead of expressing metaphors using words, you use images that are imprinted
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: Is this an oxymoron, and what would be the purpose of making seemingly illogical statements in writing? Here's a piece of writing I came up with: The rolling billows rocked the mighty galleon
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: Language specific rhetorical devices and their influence on non-English native writers NOTE: I've heavily rephrased the original question in a last attempt to clarify it. Background to the question
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: Is alliteration distracting and not very valuable/interesting for the reader? I tend to use alliteration a lot. This is an example from a story I'm writing: "Let me get this straight," Aru
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: Can someone give me an example of a figure of speech that could realistically be confused for a literal statement? As the title says: Can someone give me an example of a figure of speech,
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: Metaphor or Personification Recently, on a school test, I was given a poem comprehension. One of the questions was : What is the figure of speech in "...the trees start whispering among
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: Rhetoric vs Figure of Speech From Wikipedia, I learned that figure of speech is change of general usage of words. When it's a change of the ordinary or expected pattern of words, it is called
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: What literary techniques are evident in this quote? What literary techniques are evident in the following quote? I read each bullet scar in the Quai stonework With an eerie familiar feeling,
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