An idiom refers to the objective analysis of a situation is a highly ambiguous rhetoric device used in high-context cultures refers to the perception about someone or something that may or may not be true is an expression whose symbolic meaning is different from its literal meaning

Answer

An idiom is an expression whose symbolic meaning is different from its literal meaning.

Explanation:

An idiom (/ˈɪd·i·əm/) is an expression or phrase that contains specific words in a specific order; the meaning of an idiom is not connected with the definition of each word that the idiom contains. In other words, when trying to understand the meaning of an idiom, one shouldn't try to descipher the definiton of each word, because idioms are fixed expressions (that's why word order cannot be changed) that have a symbolic meaning. Below you can find some examples of idioms and its definitions:

Idiom: "go belly up"

Example: If we keep wasting our money like this, we'll go belly up. (= We'll go bankrupt)

Idiom: "rocket science"

Example: I can fix my computer, it's not rocket science. (= It's not hard to fix a computer)

Idiom: "It takes two to tango"

Example: You can't do this job on your own, it takes two to tango. (= it is necessary two people  to make something work).

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.