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Figuratively Speaking: Revised Edition
, US: Oup Usa (2011)
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In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning-irony, hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others-to show how they work and to explain their attraction.
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