Answer:
oxymoron: Is a group of contradictory words placed as a pair in a sentence.
personification: This is the assignment of a human characteristic to a non-living thing.
Explanation:
An oxymoron in a sentence contains a set of contradictory words placed together in a sentence. For example in the sentence; <em>Driving is a necessary evil</em>, the pair of words necessary evil are contradictory because they seem to be the opposite of themselves.
Personification gives the attribute of humans to things that have no life in them. For example, in the sentence, <em>The sun smiled at him</em>, the sun is given the quality of a human which is, smile.
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Explanation:
The idea “all that glitters is not gold” was made common by William Shakespeare. <u>The expression comes from the idea that gold is one of the most valuable materials in the world, and that we can recognize it by its shine. </u>Yet, we have to be careful as not everything that glitters and shines will be made of gold. Therefore, the saying tries to warn us that<u> not everything that looks good will turn out to be precious at the end </u>and that we can easily be tricked into thinking something is worth more than it actually is. <u>The first sight of something will not determine its full value.</u>
Answer:
Dangling Modifier
Explanation:
In the incorrect sentence, ''climbing up the ladder carefully, the frightened cat was brought down from the tree''. The reader is left wondering who climbed up the ladder carefully, to bring the cat down from the tree. The writer must tell the reader!
This is true because English is still spoken today in Great Britain!
