Humor Linguistics
Figures of speech
Metaphor, Metonymy and Myth in Visual Texts
1 Computational Tools for Linguists Inderjeet Mani Georgetown University [email protected].
Figures of Speech Writers use Figures of Speech or Figurative Language to give color and imagination to ordinary words. These are literary devices used.
Elements of Gothic Literature. Setting Central to the mood or tone of the story Creates a sense of dread or foreboding Lots of descriptive language.
Figures of Speech A figure of speech is a deviation from the ordinary use of words with a view to increasing their effect.
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