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What does metaphor square a circle mean?
Attempt to do something that is impossible.
What does the metaphor water tight security mean?
If something is literally water-tight it means that no water can pass through it. The metaphor means that the security is so good that nothing can get through it.
Is the wind was scything up a nice wyoming howler a metaphor?
Yes, this metaphor uses scything up, something that does not literally happen, in order to suggest a similarity to the way the wind is increasing.
Is as sly as a fox a simile or a metaphor?
It is a similie as you are comparing (something) to how sly the fox is. A similie uses the words "like or "as".
What is a metaphor for intelligent?
what is the metaphor for honest
IS THIS A metaphor Look Beyond What You See?
This is a metaphor in the sense that you can apply it to a situation. The idea of looking farther than something your eyes have the capacity to see or see normally, is doing something extra, taking that extra step.
What figurative language is say he was a hard lump of clay?
It is a metaphor because it says he is a hard lump of clay. I know that it is a metaphor because a metaphor describes something to another thing as something who is another thing, not something that is like another thing.
Is The classroom was a hive of worker bees a simile or a metaphor?
it is a metaphor because a simile must have 'as' or 'like' in it whereas a metaphor is something that's not literal and is normally when something stands for another thing
What is the difference between an explicit an implicit metaphor?
An implicit metaphor implies something, an explicit metaphor explicitly makes something known, probably without doubt.
What is something that stands for something else?
A metaphor, simile, and symbol may also count.Symbol
What is a metaphor for prison?
A metaphor is a phrase that is symbolic of something else, in that way, a metaphor for prison would be something that describes being confined, such as a cage or an airtight container.
A comparison saying something is something else?
metaphor
What has the author Gerard Steen written?
Gerard Steen has written: 'Understanding metaphor in literature' -- subject(s): Literary Discourse analysis, Metaphor, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Metaphor, Reader-response criticism 'A method for linguistic metaphor identification' -- subject(s): Metaphor
How do you define the word metaphor?
a Metaphor is the concept of understanding one thing in terms of another. A metaphor is a figure of speech that constructs an analogy between two things or ideas.A metaphor is comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".
How do you use metaphor when the sentence is a metaphor of something else?
Uh...I guess you will just have to another metaphor to describe the sentence!always remind your self
What is something that doesnt use like or as?
A metaphor.
What is an exmaple of metaphor?
"She is a shining star in our company" is an example of a metaphor, comparing someone's valuable contribution to a star's brightness.
