ASIN: B008218KHO
Publisher: Charles Sankey Emanuwa
Pages: 85
These were used to make this book of ideas: Myth: a traditional story that embodies popular beliefs or explains a practice, belief or natural phenomenon. A parable, allegory. A fictitious person or thing. Metaphor: the application of a word or phrase to something that it does not apply to literally, in order to indicate a comparison with the literal usage, e.g. the evening of one’s life, food for thought, Peter the Rock. Simile: a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, e.g. went through it like a hot knife through butter, he is as hard as rock. Oxymoron: putting together words, which seem to contradict one another, e.g. bittersweet? Eulogy: a speech or piece of writing in praise of a person or thing. Dirge: a slow mournful song, a lamentation for the dead. Euphemism: a mild or roundabout expression substituted for one considered improper or too harsh or blunt, ‘pass ...
