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Teo Posted 20 years ago
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cliche

1b01i00Broad daylight.02i00 02b00The sun has begun to 01font00set on this one02font00, and on 01i00light of day. 02i00(01i00Woe is I02i00, by Patricia T. O'Conner)02br
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00The author is trying to be humorous. What does 01b00set on 02b00mean? What does 01b00this one02b00 refer to? 0-
  

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02br 02br 00The phrase, 01font 00'broad daylight'02font 00, no longer has any expressive power because of its overuse. 01font 00'This one'02font 00 refers to the cliche 01font 00'broad daylight'02font 00; the author says the same thing (a setting sun) applies to another overused phrase, 01font 00'light of day'02font 00. , sunlight.

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  • 02br 02br 00The phrase, 01font 00'broad daylight'02font 00, no longer has any expressive power because of its overuse.
  • 01font 00'This one'02font 00 refers to the cliche 01font 00'broad daylight'02font 00; the author says the same thing (a setting sun) applies to another overused phrase, 01font 00'light of day'02font 00.
  • , sunlight.
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0Sun-set = the close of the day= the end of usefulness.02br
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00The phrase, 01font00'broad daylight'02font00, no longer has any expressive power because of its overuse. 01font00'This one'02font00 refers to the cliche 01font00'broad daylight'02font
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