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    Quote Originally Posted by mstriumph
    i think what you are talking about is 'onomatapoeia' ............ where the sound of the word mimics what it describes?

    eg 'buzz' actually sounds like the noise a bee makes ....... 'whoosh' sounds like something moving swiftly by ......... 'clatter' sounds like something falling onto a hard surface?

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    Yip, looked that up, but is there a word for a sentance full of those words, that describe a scene, rather than sounds ?

    Imagery is also a good candidate - as its close to what I want - I should use that.

    I've always thought it was illiteration, when I search for it, I find other people use it as well, but no entry in any of the yankee dictionaries.

    Here is an example of someone elses use: "“The peanut crunching crowd” uses onomatopea and illiteration."
    Also the line "Cold, delicately as the dark snow" uses euphony and illiteration.

    I finally found a definition of illiteration on a pommy music site. Its where two words are used together that start with the same letter. As in crunching crowd and delicately dark. So Imagery it shall be....
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    What is a metaphor then?
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
    we will remember them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sniper
    Talking in imagery. One of the twelve literary tools.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colapop
    What is a metaphor then?
    A metaphor compares two things directly - Her face is/was ice

    Peace hath higher tests of manhood

    than battle ever knew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ManDownUnder
    I believe you - now please stop poking your arse out the top of your shirt.
    I'm just a bit worried that you would describe his arse as pretty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hXc
    A metaphor compares two things directly - Her face is/was ice
    Is that like "her face is a smacked arse" or "her face is/was like a smacked arse"?
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
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    I believe that what you are looking for is allusion, but that doesn't really fit either.
    Allusion is making an indirect reference to something....

    Imagery requires that something is described in detail. Usually uses words to evoke sensory stimulation, including visual imagery and sound imagery.

    You could be refering to Euphony... a pleasant sound created by the words (does not have to be alliteration assonance or any of the other formal literary devices)

    You could be referring to evocation (calling something up but NOT actually describing it - kinda like when you get the memory of an emotion when hearing a song, but you don't actually remember the exact place etc that you were...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colapop
    Is that like "her face is a smacked arse" or "her face is/was like a smacked arse"?
    "Her face is a smacked arse" is a metaphor.

    "Her face is/was like a smacked arse" is a simile.

    Peace hath higher tests of manhood

    than battle ever knew.

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    I thought a smilie was one of these .... :slap:
    They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
    Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
    we will remember them

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    Mr HItcher sir. I was right wasn't I?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sniper
    Yes John, you are good at grammer.
    ....... and grampa too, probably ....
    ... ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sniper
    Mr HItcher sir. I was right wasn't I?
    stop grovellin, you!!

    you'll RUIN it for the rest of us .......
    ... ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher
    You folk shouldn't be let out alone. But I think you finally got it sorted.
    watsa u says mrs?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Korea
    Yes, but as far as I know alliteration is the repetition of the same letter sound; usually a consonant.
    Eg. "The lovely long legged leopard lounged in the lane".
    Otherwise it's just a rhyme, init?

    As to the original Q.: Yes, it's "Imagery"
    (see also "Similie" Eg. "The lovely long legged leopard lounged LIKE a lousy no good piece of *%#@#$.")

    My question: There seems to be a disproportionate number of occurences where 'Lose' (Verb: to misplace, to evade, be defeated, to be bereaved of...) is often spelt 'Loose' (Adjective: unfastened, free, not tight (see also 'Loose Chick')).:slap:
    I would pass it off as a simple blunder but the alarming regularity of this heinous error makes me wonder if I'm missing something? Is this new Kiwi slang?

    ...not that I mind, mind you. Keep speeelin howeva u pls.
    edit: ...and try not to LOSE the front end.
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