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A video detailing what an oxymoron is as well as providing several examples.
Overview
An oxymoron (plural oxymora (greek plural) or, more often, oxymorons) (“sharply dull” in Greek) is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. They appear in a range of contexts, from inadvertent errors such as extremely average, to deliberate puns like same difference, to literary oxymorons that have been carefully crafted to reveal a paradox.
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A video showing several different examples of Onomatopeias.
Overview
An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopoeia refers to the property of such words. Common occurrences of onomatopoeias include animal noises, such as “oink” or “meow” or “roar”. Onomatopoeias are not universally the same across all languages; they conform to some extent to the broade linguistic system they are part of; hence the sound of a clock may be tick tock in English and tik tak in Dutch or tic-tac in French.
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A detailed tutorial on various examples of metaphors and their meaning.
Overview
A metaphor is a figure of speech concisely comparing two things, saying that one is the other.
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A detailed tutorial describing irony and ironic situations.
Overview
Irony is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.
Example: The irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
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A video displaying many examples of alliteration.
Overview
Alliteration is the repeated aoccureence of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in the same phrase. Such as: How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck If a Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood.
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A detailed tutorial on how to write a simple proof. Step by step tutorial including an example problem on writing simple proofs for reference. Knowledge of proof writing is required in nearly all branches of math and science.
Overview
The art of writing proofs is different than anything else that is done in math, yet it is what math is all about. A proof is like math literature, it is taking something that we already know to be true or false and proving why it is true or false. Typically variables are used with many algebra tricks, although in geometry proofs you are required to write paragraphs on certain things. Proofs all have a different style depending on who wrote them – it is the one part of math you are allowed to use your creativity in. Remember, there is no “right” and “wrong” with proofs, provided you either prove or disprove what the problem asked you to.
Description
A detailed explanation of symbolism as it relates to art and literature. Several detailed real world examples of the use of symbolism.
Overview
Symbolism is the use of symbols or objects to represent abstract ideas or emotions. In literature symbolism often appears in the form of a metaphor or a simile. In art, symbolism is often more apparent becasuse of its visual presentation. Strong symbolism is usually denoted by many underlying meanings that are usually more subtle than the main representation.
A good example of this is the metaphor snow is a blanket. Initially this symbolism represents that like a blanket, snow covers everything. The more subtle meaning tells us that not only does a blanket cover, but it also reveals what is underneath by displacing itself in the shape of the objects it covers. Snow does this as well making it a stronger use of symbolism.
