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8810129407Figure of Speechany way of saying something other than the ordinary way.0
8810134505Figurative Languagelanguage using figures of speech.1
8810137127Metaphorthe comparison between two things is implied.2
8810139439Similecomparison expressed by the use of some word or phrase.3
8810148182Personificationconsists in giving the attributes of a human being to an animal, object, or concept.4
8810151025Apostropheconsists in addressing someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person/thing were present and can respond.5
8810153023Synecdochethe use of the part for the whole.6
8810161420Metonymthe use of something closely related for the thing actually meant.7
8810164061Dead Metaphorwhere the word metaphor is itself a metonym for all figurative language.8
8810174953First Form Metaphorboth the literal and the figurative term are named.9
8810185335Second Form Metaphorthe literal term is named and the figurative form is implied.10
8810189145Third Form Metaphorthe literal term is implied and the figurative term is named.11
8810190907Forth Form Metaphorboth the literal and figurative terms are implied.12
8815212955MindBy Richard Wilbur 192113
8815219127Graceful ErrorThe mind can make mistakes14
8815220541Correct the caveThese mistakes can alter the intellectual environment .15
8815230329A Valediction: Forbidden MourningJohn Donne16
8815505131Line 11Reference to the spheres of the Ptolemaic cosmology, whose movements cause no disturbance as does the movement of the earth.17
8815529316Mourningthe expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.18
8815529317Profanationthe act of depriving something of its sacred character.19
8815529318Laityordinary people, as distinct from professionals or experts.20
8815532029Trepidationa feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen.21
8815532030Innocentnot guilty of a crime or offense.22
8815532031Sublunarybelonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one.23
8815534711Elementeda part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic24

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