Which of the following items is a literary device?
A comparison between two things which are basically UNalike but that share some kind of striking similarity in an important, significant or interesting way.
A figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two essentially unlike things, using like or as.
When two events that are generally considered to be mutually exclusive actually occur together (e.g., If A is True then B is False) this is known as?
A brief, succinct story, in prose or verse that illustrates a moral or religious lesson featuring human actors as agents.
The following statement is ...
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” Abraham Lincoln
“The best way to preserve the peace is to be prepared for war.” George Washington
“Yesterday I felt under the weather but today I feel on top of the world.”
“We can either choose to believe that we do or do not have freedom of choice. If we do not have freewill then our destiny is scripted by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences with no room for ad-libbing.”
“Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck one bag in front full of his neighbors' faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that men are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings.”