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Which figure of speech is used in the sentence -to get wretched place off your hands?
The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".
What are the figures of speech used in dead stars?
What figure of speech the story of dead star
What figure of speech used by the author in chieftest mourner?
metaphor
What figure of speech used in hunger by Laurence binyon?
personification
Which figure of speech is used in the line green glitter gleam?
Metaphors
What is it called when two contradictory words or ideas are used together for effect?
This is known as an oxymoron, which is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms for emphasis or to create a unique effect. Examples include "jumbo shrimp" and "deafening silence."
Are there hyperboles for silence?
The silence was deafening.
When all the students dropped their books at the same time a deafening silence commanded the room what literary technique is used in this sentence?
This is a common literary technique called bad writing. If everyone dropped their books at the same time, there would not be silence. As for the technical term, "deafening silence" is an oxymoron.
What literary technique is used in this sentence When all the students dropped their books at the same time a deafening silence commanded the room.?
This is a common literary technique called bad writing. If everyone dropped their books at the same time, there would not be silence. As for the technical term, "deafening silence" is an oxymoron.
What is the meaning of the phrase dead silence?
The word "deafening" is used maliciously (it is usually a loud noise that is deafening). Thus if something someone says is greeted with a "deafening silence" what has been said has NOT been liked by the people that it was said to. - they have not given ANY audible response.
How is clearly confused an example of oxymoron?
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two words which by their very definition appear to directly contradict each other are used together. Often a seemingly contradictory adjective is used to emphasize the noun, as in "deafening silence". "Clearly confused" is an oxymoron because "confused" means to be befuddled or unclear about something, and "clear" is directly the opposite of that.
What is the oximorons gave a examaples?
An oxymoron is an express where words of the opposite meaning are used together - a funny type of idiom. Examples: jumbo shrimp, artificial intelligence
Which literary technique is used in this sentence When all the students dropped their books at the same time a deafening silence commanded the room.?
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Which literary technique is used in this sentence When all the students dropped their books at the same time a deafening silence commanded the room?
oxymoron-- A+
Who said The Silence is deafening?
Well, honey, "The Silence is deafening" is a common phrase that has been used by various people over the years. It's like asking who said "the sky is blue" - it's just one of those things that people say. So, to answer your question, there isn't one specific person who said it first.
What is a combination of two words that seem to have opposite meanings such as eloquent silence or deafening silence?
This is called an oxymoron, and is variously used for literary effect. Common examples in everyday use would be "jumbo shrimp" or "serious joke".
Which figure of speech is used in the sentence -to get wretched place off your hands?
The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".
