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In this passage, Bradbury utilizes metaphor as a figure of speech to compare a book to a loaded gun. Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [120, 600] }}, Fitzgerald makes use of simile here as a figure of speech to compare Gatsby’s party guests to moths. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [120, 600] }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448839' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, storage: { The sentence’s meaning has changed: the reader does not know which one of my cars goes very fast. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446382' }}, },{ }, - Contact Us - Privacy Policy - Terms and Conditions, Definition and Examples of Literary Terms. Overall, figures of speech function as literary devices because of their expressive use of language. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, storage: { bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '1666926', position: 'btf' }}, "authorization": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/info?rid=READER_ID&url=CANONICAL_URL&ref=DOCUMENT_REFERRER&type=ENTRY_TRANSLATE&v1=english&v2=sentence&v3=&v4=english&_=RANDOM", bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776156', position: 'atf' }}, var pbMobileHrSlots = [ This simile, as a figure of speech, underscores the themes of superficiality and transience in the novel. { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot3_mobile_flex' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_leftslot_160x600' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_leftslot_160x600' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [320, 100] }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_topslot' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot2_flex' }}, var mapping_topslot_b = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([746, 0], [[728, 90]]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); 'min': 0, params: { { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195465', size: [300, 250] }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776142', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776130', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971066', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654189' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot2' }}]}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '194852', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654151' }}, filter: 'include' { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776340', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [300, 250] }}, },{ This downplaying of reaction is a surprise for the reader and generally has the effect of showing irony. This is an effective literary device for this novel because, in the story, books are considered weapons of free thought and possession of them is illegal. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [160, 600] }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971063', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, A clause is the basic unit of grammar. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}]}, userSync: { { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971065', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654208' }}, In the book, Freud tried to break jokes down into different categories and to figure out how each one operates on the psyche. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '19042093' }}, sentence definition: 1. a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a…. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654150' }}, iasLog("criterion : cdo_ei = sentence"); } In writing, when figures of speech are used effectively, these devices enhance the writer’s ability for description and expression so that readers have a better understanding of what is being conveyed. 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Typically a clause is made up of a subject, a verb phrase and, sometimes, a complement: A sentence is a unit of grammar. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776142', position: 'btf' }}, Both described at the same time how it was always March there and always Monday, and then they understood that José Arcadio Buendía was not as crazy as the family said, but that he was the only one who had enough lucidity to sense the truth of the fact that time also stumbled and had accidents and could therefore splinter and leave an eternalized fragment in a room. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448837' }}, Being able to create poetic meaning, comparisons, and expressions with these literary devices is how writers form art with words. pbjsCfg = { dfpSlots['contentslot_1'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_mpuslot', [[300, 250], [336, 280], [1, 1], 'fluid'], 'ad_contentslot_1').defineSizeMapping(mapping_contentslot).setTargeting('si', '1').setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'mid').setTargeting('hp', 'center').addService(googletag.pubads()); },{ { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971081', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, name: "identityLink", if(pl_p) { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '541042770', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195452', size: [336, 280] }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [320, 100] }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 50] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, }, {code: 'ad_rightslot', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_mobile_flex' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}, 2. Typically, in writing, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, ga('set', 'dimension3', "default"); { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, As a literary device, figures of speech enhance the meaning of written and spoken words. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [320, 100] }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971068', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot2_flex' }}, A paradox is a figure of speech that appears to be self-contradictory but actually reveals something truthful. 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