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Metaphors are comparisons between two dissimilar things. The use of a metaphor is a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining, sometimes easier to understand.
Similes are a specific type of metaphor that use the words "as" or "like" to make a comparison; a simple metaphor states that something is something else.
For example,
"Bob ran like the wind" This is a simile.
Because the sentence compares Bob's running ability to the wind it is a metaphor. Because it makes the comparison using the word "like," it is a simile.
"Bob is a purebred racehorse."
"Life is a journey."
"Time is a thief."
These are all metaphors (but not similes), as they say that each thing is something that, quite obviously, it is not (and does not make the comparison using the words like or as.)
All metaphors consist of two parts: the vehicle and the tenor. The vehicle is the figurative expression, that is the concept, idea, or thing that is being used to make the comparison. The tenor is the idea that is illustrated or illuminated by the vehicle.
For instance: in the sentence "Life is a journey," journey is the vehicle, and Life is the tenor.
Beyond the simple metaphor and similes, there are actually many different types or expressions of metaphors. Some of these include:
- absolute
- burlesque
- catachretic
- complex (or telescoped)
- conceptual (or generative)
- conventional
- creative
- dead
- extended
- grammatical
- mixed
- ontological
- personification
- primary
- root
- structural
- submerged
- therapeutic
- visual
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∙ 6y ago
the wise one
A type of figurative language where one thing is said to be another thing. a example is ... His eyes were a dark, stormy sea.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoA comparison between two very different things.However a metaphor makes for comparison without using the works like to or than.
example:My dad is a bear
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoA metaphor is a figure of speech that contains an implied comparison to something.
Cookie
A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be another
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoMetipher is not an English word
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoYou may want to ask what a "metaphor" is.
Haven Davie
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Is my brother was boiling mad a simile or metaphor?
Its a metaphor
Is Frank's heart a open book a metaphor or a simile?
It is a metaphor.
What is walking dictionary a simile or a metaphor?
it is neither, it is personification
He was a lion in the fight.what is the figure of speech?
"He was a lion in the fight" is a metaphor.
How is an implied metaphor different from a regular metaphor?
Implied metaphor is when it gives you the metaphor but doesn't tell what the subject is. A regular metaphor tells you the subject of it.
Is Jeffrey was a walking dictionary metaphor or simile?
metaphor
Is was a a similie or metaphor?
Metaphor
Is the aqua blue water was a shiny mirror a metaphor?
Metaphor
What is a metaphor joke?
What is a metaphor???Answer: To keep the cows in!!!!Metaphor~ meadow for??get it??? LOL
Is you feel like a limp dishrag a metaphor or simile?
simile its a simile when you use "like"
What is a explicit metaphor?
An explicit metaphor is a metaphor that is fully explained in great detail. Unlike an implicit metaphor, which the meaning has to be implied.
Seasons are celebrations is this statement a simile or metaphor?
Metaphor; no like or as.
