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That part of speech is a metaphor.
Metaphors are phrases that do not have the words 'like' or 'as' in it.
Similies have those two words
Personification is when a phrase has an object that relates to any of the five senses.
For ex. My papa's hair smells like bread or My hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes
or bows.
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What figure of speech is his shoes were untied so he tripped over them?
none of them
What figure of speech is cup runeth over in Warren pryor poem?
ALLUSION. Its referring to success
Does Danielle survive in east enders?
no she gets knocked over by janine in her red sports car
What does Hamlet's speech to the players mean?
The speech that Hamlet gives to the players means don't over act. The speech is given in Act 3 Scene 2 of the play.
Why is 'By the time I finished it snowed so much that you could barely tell I did any work' a metaphor?
That is not a metaphor. "The snow was a dirty blanket over the parking lot" would be a metaphor. It is a figure of speech that compares two very different things- snow and a blanket.
Knocked you over with a feather what is the meaning of this figure of speech?
I'm very happy and excited
Could have knocked you over with a feather?
You could of knocked me over with a feather is an old saying. This saying means, whatever was said or done, is so surprising.
What does the idiom knocked him over with a feather mean?
The expression is usually, "You could have knocked me over with a feather!" It means, I was so surprised (and distracted or disabled) that I could have been easily knocked over with a feather. In other words, my defenses were way down, or non-existant so almost anything could have knocked me down.
Knocked you over with a feather?
Great surprise :0
What does this phrase mean You could have knocked me over with a feather?
you are exited
You could have knocked me over with a feather?
It means that you were so surprised or otherwise emotionally shaken that you had trouble standing up -- so much trouble that it would have taken only the weight of a feather to knock you down.
What does when I won the trophy you could have knocked me over with a feather mean?
that your very happy
What does the following mean you could have nocked me over with a feather when he said that?
The phrase "you could have knocked me over with a feather" means that you were very surprised. A person who is so surprised that they are a bit disoriented might feel like something as light as a feather could be enough to knock them over.
What figure of speech is his shoes were untied so he tripped over them?
none of them
What figure of speech is cup runeth over in Warren pryor poem?
ALLUSION. Its referring to success
Can you be knocked over by being shot?
You can be knocked down but not blown backwards.
What does it mean when you say you could have knocked me over with a feather?
That part of speech is a metaphor. Metaphors are phrases that do not have the words 'like' or 'as' in it. Similies have those two words Personification is when a phrase has an object that relates to any of the five senses. For ex. My papa's hair smells like bread or My hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bows.
