Sentences with phrase «common figure of speech»

Furthermore, but less likely, Jesus may also have been using a natural hyperbole (exaggeration), a common figure of speech used in discourse, the same way many Westerners will say, «I am starving» when they are just hungry, or «I'm freezing» when they are just cold.

Have students read Crying Wolf — The Wolf as Symbol in Folklore, and discuss how common figures of speech might affect people's perceptions of wolves.

I am not talking here about the common figures of speech we learn about in grade school: simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, hyperbole and personification.

Not exact matches

Voice impersonation is common in the entertainment industry where professionals and amateurs are able to copy voice characteristics and speech behaviour of other speakers, usually public figures.

Entry Level: Creating Sentences for ages 9 — 11, prepares students for paragraph writing by teaching them how to develop better sentences with basic grammar and figures of speech, while dealing with common writing errors such as when is a noun proper, misused homonyms, and apostrophe confusion.