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Figure of speech, any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language. Forming an integral part of language, figures of speech are found in oral literatures as well as in polished poetry and prose and in everyday speech. Greeting-card rhymes, advertising slogans, newspaper headlines, the captions of cartoons, and the mottoes of families and institutions often use figures of speech, generally for humorous, mnemonic, or eye-catching purposes. The argots of sports, jazz, business, politics, or any specialized groups abound in figurative language.
Really it depends upon what the author makes it. If it's a published book, it's a for entertaining purposes. If it was informal, it's be a biography.
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entry c:
hofer, craig. "community service pays off." us news and world report 10 nov. 2011: 6-9. print
Explanation:
*The name of the author of the article
The title of the article
The title of the magazine
The names of any other contributors to the magazine article (if applicable)
The version of the magazine (if applicable)
*Any numbers associated with the magazine, such as a volume or issue number.
The publication date
The location, such as a page number or page range
The name of the database where the magazine article was found (if applicable)
The town was nearly empty because everyone was watching the championship on TV.
The best way to combine these sentences is to use the conjunction "because".
Last night after the washer broke and flooded the basement, it took us an hour to clean up.
Adding the word after creates a dependent clause which then must be connected to the independent clause to create on sentence.
A little white dog, which belonged to the neighbors, was sitting on the front door.
Changing the second sentence into an adjectival clause allows the two sentences to be combined.
Rosie wanted to go to the lake with us, but she got sick and couldn't go.
Adding a coordinating conjunction (but), allows for both of these sentences to be joined together as a compound sentence.
Istanbul, the biggest city in Turkey, used to be called Constantinople.
By changing the first sentence into an appositive phrase, it allows for the sentences to be easily combined.
