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a figure of speech used to compare two unlike things without using the words like or as, e.g. He is a mouse. A metaphor may be described as an abbreviated simile in which the words like and as are used. See figure of speech.
a style of writing or speaking that is bitterly critical or mocking, e.g. When Dorothy Parker...
lighting that lights up a whole scene fairly equally with very few shadows. The key light is the...
an imaginative comparison of two dissimilar images, often used in the metaphysical poetry of the...
a set of instructions describing the route or way to get to a place.
the letters added to the beginning of a root that change its meaning. The most common prefixes...