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| To give hints or glues of the future or future situation. |
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personification
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Foote is the personification of heroism embodiment, incarnation, epitome, quintessence, essence, type, symbol, soul, model, exemplification, exemplar, image, representation. |
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable : “I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,” said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors | her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor. |
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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference : an allusion to Shakespeare | a classical allusion. |
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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox). |
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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true). |
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a thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract : the limousine was another symbol of his wealth and authority. See note at emblem . |
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| the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect : “Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony. See note at wit . |
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| the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic : the theme of the sermon was reverence | a show on the theme of waste and recycling. |
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1 ( thematics) [treated as sing. or pl. ] a body of topics for study or discussion. |
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| The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
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| The place and time at which a play, novel, or film is represented as happening : short stories with a contemporary setting. |
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1 the overall quality of a musical or vocal sound : the piano tone appears monochrome or lacking in warmth.
• a modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood : a firm tone of voice.
• a manner of expression in writing : there was a general tone of ill-concealed glee in the reporting. |
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| a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events |
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a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story : in a series of flashbacks, we follow the pair through their teenage years. |
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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle).
• the use of such words for rhetorical effect. |
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| the events represented in a story or play : the action is set in the country. |
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the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
• the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear : I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement. |
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| the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. |
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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing : Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction.
2 the style of enunciation in speaking or singing : she began imitating his careful diction. |
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a manner of doing something : different styles of management.
• a way of painting, writing, composing, building, etc., characteristic of a particular period, place, person, or movement.
• a way of using language : he never wrote in a journalistic style | students should pay attention to style and idiom. |
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a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else : love is the antithesis of selfishness.
• a contrast or opposition between two things : the antithesis between occult and rational mentalities.
• a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins” : his sermons were full of startling antitheses. |
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| a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification : an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies | he interprets logical functions by analogy with machines. |
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| in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence). Compare with alliteration . |
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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