+still+ (1) Adjective:  The lake is still. (2) Adverb:  The tree is
             still lying where it fell. (3) Conjunction:  He is
             entertaining; still he talks too much. (4) Verb:  Oil
             is said to still the waves. (5) Noun:  In the still of
             noonday the song of the locust was loud.

+than+ (1) Conjunction:  I am older than she. (2) Preposition:  Than
             whom there is none wiser.

+that+ (1) Demonstrative Pronoun:  That is right. (2) Conjunctive
             Pronoun:  He that lives nobly is happy. (3) Adjective: 
             That book is mine. (4) Conjunction:  I say this that you
             may understand my position. (5) Substantive Conjunction: 
             That this is true is evident.

+the+ (1) Adjective (article):  The lake. (2) Adverb:  The more ...
             the merrier.

+then+ (1) Adverb:  I shall know then. (2) Conjunction:  If you so
             decide, then we may go.

+there+ (1) Adverb:  The stream runs there. (2) Expletive:  There are
             many points to be considered. (3) Interjection:  There!
             there! it makes no difference!

+what+ (1) Conjunctive Interrogative Pronoun:  I heard what you said. 
             Pronoun:  What shall I do? (3) Interrogative Adjective: 
             What game do you prefer? (4) Conjunctive Adjective:  I
             know what books he enjoys. (5) Adverb:  What with this
             and what with that, he finally got his wish. (6)
             Interjection:  What! what!

+while+ (1) Noun:  A long while. (2) Verb:  To while away the time.
             (3) Conjunctive Adverb:  I stay in while it snows.

III.  FIGURES OF SPEECH

+87.  Figures of Speech.+—­A figure of speech is a change from the usual form of expression for the purpose of producing a greater effect.  These changes may be effective either because they are more pleasing to us or because they are more forcible, or for both reasons.

While figurative language is a change from the usual mode of expression, we are not to think of it as being unnatural.  It is, in fact, as natural as plain language, and nearly every one, from the illiterate to the most learned, makes use of it, more or less, in his ordinary conversation.  This arises from, the fact that we all enjoy comparisons and substitutions.  When we say that we have been pegging away all day at our work, or that the wind howls, or that the man has a heart of steel, we are making use of figures of speech.  Figurative language ranges from these very simple expressions to the beautiful figures of speech found in so much of our poetry.  Written prose contains many beautiful and forcible examples, but it is in poetry that we find most of them.