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A common figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two things by using words such as like, as, than, appears, and seems: "A sip of Mrs. Cook’s coffee is like a punch in the stomach." The effectiveness of this simile is created by the ...
A common figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two things by using words such as like, as, than, appears, and seems: "A sip of Mrs. Cook’s coffee is like a punch in the stomach." The effectiveness of this simile is created by the ...
the act or process of following a patient
el acto o proceso de un paciente tras
A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the word like or as. Metaphors assert the identity of dissimilar things, as when Macbeth asserts that life is a "brief candle." Metaphors can be subtle and ...
A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the word like or as. Metaphors assert the identity of dissimilar things, as when Macbeth asserts that life is a "brief candle." Metaphors can be subtle and ...
A major division in the action of a play. The ends of acts are typically indicated by lowering the curtain or turning up the houselights. Playwrights frequently employ acts to accommodate changes in time, setting, characters onstage, or mood. In many ...
Una mayor división en la acción de una obra de teatro. Los extremos de los actos típicamente están indicados por bajar la cortina o subir las luces de la sala. Dramaturgos emplean con frecuencia actos para acomodar cambios en el tiempo, ajuste, personajes en ...
one who engages in fishing for sport or occupation.
one who engages in fishing for sport or occupation.
The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.
La rama de la mecánica que trata las relaciones que subsisten entre las fuerzas en orden.
The voice of the person telling the story, not to be confused with the author’s voice. With a first-person narrator, the I in the story presents the point of view of only one character. The reader is restricted to the perceptions, thoughts, and feelings of ...
The voice of the person telling the story, not to be confused with the author’s voice. With a first-person narrator, the I in the story presents the point of view of only one character. The reader is restricted to the perceptions, thoughts, and feelings of ...
The manner in which one behaves.
La manera en que uno se comporta.
A narrated scene that marks a break in the narrative in order to inform the reader or audience member about events that took place before the opening scene of a work. See also exposition.
Una escena narrada que marca una ruptura en la narrativa para informar al lector o público miembro sobre acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar antes de la primera escena de una obra. Véase también exposición.
A term applied to any literary work that relies on implausible events and sensational action for its effect. The conflicts in melodramas typically arise out of plot rather than characterization; often a virtuous individual must somehow confront and overcome a ...
Un término que se aplica a cualquier obra literaria que se basa en acontecimientos inverosímiles y acción sensacional por su efecto. Los conflictos en melodramas típicamente surgen de parcela en lugar de caracterización; a menudo un individuo virtuoso de ...