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15:41 Jan 20, 2014 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||
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| Selected response from: B D Finch France Local time: 04:40 | ||||
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4 +1 | portrays Desert Sands as a scenario filled with |
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4 +1 | uses the encompassing sands as a metaphor |
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4 | portrays Desert Storm through |
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2 | figurative role |
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portrays Desert Sands as a scenario filled with Explanation: One option. Full Definition of TROPE 1 a : a word or expression used in a figurative sense : figure of speechhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trope |
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figurative role Explanation: NS OED: 1) A figure of speech consisting in the use of w word or phrase in a sense other than that which is proper to it; gen. a figurative use of a word; figurative or metaphorical language ... 3) An argument advanced by a sceptic I confess I have trouble understanding what the writer is actually trying to say here; but it seems to me that operation Desert Storm is being considered as a figurative usage of that term, which would normally of course refer literally to sand that blows everywhere. That's the best I can do! I gave the NS OED's definition #3 above too, though I don't believe that would really be the usage applicable here (the other definitions are not relevant in this sort of context) |
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portrays Desert Storm through Explanation: The original is oddly stated, but your goal here is to show that the sand and whatnot is being portrayed through something else. And so, I, as well as one of the other commentators, prefers that to be be more explicit. |
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uses the encompassing sands as a metaphor Explanation: The novelist Mu’nis al-Razza¯z uses "encompassing sands that leave no space untouched, including his own room" as a metaphor for Desert Storm. |
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