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Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Language.

What are collective nouns for animals? Illustration of African animals showing examples of collective nouns: a tower of giraffes, a crash of rhinos, a pride of lions, a dazzle of zebra, a murder of crows, a bask of crocodiles, and others.Collective Nouns: Examples, meanings, and the best ones for animalsWhat is chiasmus? Illustration showing JFK's quote "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" arranged as A-B-B-A symmetry of thoughts.ChiasmusDon't think of an elephant framing example where even negating a frame activates itDon't Think of an ElephantWord spectrum examples and explanation showing what is a word spectrum as gradations of description and examples of different word spectrums for size, frequency, talk volume, intelligence and tasteWord spectrumBraille reading and writing system: the letters of the alphabet in english braille showing how it's constructed from 6 dotsBrailleWhat are the NATO phonetic alphabet words: helping two pilots correctly identify Y I V B D T which is easily misheardPhonetic alphabetPrimary metaphor examples: Important Is Big with parents and a small child, Knowing Is Seeing looking in a box, and Affection Is Warmth with a parent hugging a babyPrimary metaphorWhat is Ablaut reduplication example explained: showing zig-zag, hip-hop, and splish-splash-sploshAblaut reduplicationOrdering adjectives in English example - opinion, size, age, shape / colour, origin, material, purposeOrdering adjectivesMatrix of spelling and sound showing the place of homonyms, homographs, homophones, heteronyms, synonyms and antonymsHomonyms, homographs, homophones, heteronyms… A visual guide to the Greek alphabet against the Roman alphabet used in EnglishKnow your Greek alphabetWhat is the Rosetta Stone explainedThe Rosetta StoneHow to say ghoti as fish from George Bernard ShawCrazy English: ghotiLearn kind words first in new countries: a backpacker says nice things to a local seller with a cart, no doubt gets smiles in returnLearn kind words first in new countriesMetaphors for ideas
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