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Writing Well: People Who Like People: Social Notes
People Who Like People: Social NotesWriting WellLetter PerfectStamp of ApprovalPeople Who Like People: Social NotesLetters of Opinion Unlike personal letters, social notes generally serve a single…The Voices of National Public Radio — What Do They Look Like?
The voices of NPR have inspired, informed and charmed many of us, becoming as welcome and reassuring as family members. Now you have a face to go with the voice. Robert Siegel, Linda…Some Like It Hot <span class="date" >(1959)</span>
Director: Billy WilderCast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe This hilarious gender-bender about two musicians who don wigs and heels to escape the mob is genius Wilder at his…metaphor
(Encyclopedia) metaphor [Gr.,=transfer], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which one class of things is referred to as if it belonged to another class. Whereas a simile states that A is like B, a…simile
(Encyclopedia) similesimilesĭmˈəlē [key] [Lat.,=likeness], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which an object is explicitly compared to another object. Robert Burns's poem “A Red Red Rose” contains…William Shakespeare: Like as, to make our appetite more keen
Like as, to make our appetite more keenLike as, to make our appetite more keen, With eager compounds we our palate urge; As, to prevent our maladies unseen, We sicken to shun sickness when we…William Shakespeare: How like a winter hath my absence been
How like a winter hath my absence beenHow like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! What old December's…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife
Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knifeLet the world's sharpness like a clasping knife Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm, And let us…William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act I, Scene II
Scene IILawn before the Duke's palaceEnter Celia and RosalindCeliaI pray thee, Rosalind, sweet my coz, be merry.RosalindDear Celia, I show more mirth than I am mistress of; and would you yet…William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act I, Scene III
Scene IIIA room in the palaceEnter Celia and RosalindCeliaWhy, cousin! why, Rosalind! Cupid have mercy! not a word?RosalindNot one to throw at a dog.CeliaNo, thy words are too precious to be…Trending
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