Metaphorsis in a sentence

Answer 1

The author used the words metaphorically.

Metaphorically we say that refrigerators "run" because a motor inside turns on.

The mother spoke metaphorically when she said she would beat her son "within an inch of his life".

Answer 2

Here are some examples:

• Though it began as a metaphor, the term Holocaust is now associated indelibly with Nazi death camps.
• The collapsing bridge was a metaphor for the crumbling city government.
• I called him a clown, and I thought I was using a metaphor until I saw him in the circus.
• There is a famous Metaphor. "Never ever back down."

Answer 3

Metonymies are frequently used in literature and in everyday speech. Ametonymy is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. Sometimes a metonymy is chosen because it is a well-known characteristic of the word.

One famous example of metonymy is the saying, "The pen is mightier than the sword," which originally came from Edward Bulwer Lytton's play Richelieu. This sentence has two examples of metonymy:

• The "pen" stands in for "the written word"
• The "sword" stands in for "military aggression and force"

Answer 4

The butterfly was going through the stages of a metaphosis.

Answer 5

the little girl was a doll for helping her mother wash the car

Answer 6

He is a monster.