Hey, everybody is doing homework on the word 'explicit'. The word actually means 'shown in detail', from the Latin 'explicit', meaning 'he explains'. Your question and all the others show that you are specifically looking at sexual explicitness, but the word has wider meaning. Anything that is explained or shown clearly and without possibility of mistake is 'explicit'.
An explicit metaphor is a metaphor that is fully explained in great detail. Unlike an implicit metaphor, which the meaning has to be implied.
Something which has no room for confusion. Example: I will ask you only explicit questions.
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An implicit attitude is a stereotype that is thought out unconsciously or uncontrollably.
An explicit metaphor is a metaphor that is fully explained in great detail. Unlike an implicit metaphor, which the meaning has to be implied.
"He is a shining star in our company" is an example of an indirect metaphor, where the person is compared to a star without using "like" or "as" to make the comparison explicit.
An implicit metaphor implies something, an explicit metaphor explicitly makes something known, probably without doubt.
Metaphor is a comparison that does not use any explicit comparing words. All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree
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Something which has no room for confusion. Example: I will ask you only explicit questions.
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The word you mean is "explicit." For example: The cake recipe came with explicit instructions which had to be followed exactly to ensure success.
"I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as. "I am not anger" is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two nouns.