What is an Idiom?

This post covers basics of idioms: their origin, their importance in communication, and more. What’s an idiom? A non-native speaker of English who is new to idioms hears this: “I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.” How will she…

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What is Complement Clause? [6 Types]

We know that words and phrases can act as complements in a sentence: (Comments that go with examples are in square brackets. Second, complements have been underlined.) Tom named his pet Bruno. [Comment: Bruno complements, or completes the meaning of,…

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180+ Personification Examples on 25+ Topics

Personification is a figure of speech that gives human characteristics to non-humans (plants, animals, and inanimate objects) and abstractions (sadness, anger, etc.) to create striking visual images for the readers. It makes your writing livelier and concrete. Few examples of…

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Metaphor Examples for Kids

A metaphor is a figure of speech of comparison which says that two unlike things are one and the same. The most common, and the easiest, way to write a metaphor is to equate the two things through a be…

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80+ Parallelism Examples [5 Types]

Parallelism in sentences means putting two or more similarly-placed (or equal) elements in the same grammatical form. These elements can be words, phrases, or entire clauses. This post contains several examples of sentences with parallel structure, many of which have…

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75+ Examples of Figurative Language

Figurative language makes writing – and even speaking – more expressive and easier to understand. When done well, it lends style to your writing. More resources on figurative language: (Note that key parts of each figure of speech have been…

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150+ Alliteration Examples

An alliteration, like onomatopoeia, is figurative language (and within that a device of sound) that focuses on sounds of words to make writing expressive and memorable. In alliteration, two or more consecutive words start with the same consonant sound. Same…

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