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Use of metaphors in the English language is so common that we rarely realise they are being used.
A metaphor is: a descriptive term (a word or expression) applied to an object or action, but the description itself is not literally applicable to the thing being described.
(Note: A metaphor is not to be confused with a simile. A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as', for example 'as cold as ice'.)
The word metaphor has Latin origins, and means 'carry across, transfer'. A metaphor carries across or transfers the meaning from one situation and applies it to another.
AN EXAMPLE OF A METAPHOR
Someone might refer to 'a glaring error', but errors aren't literally 'glaring', because the word glaring in its literal sense means 'gleaming/shining fiercely/brightly in an uncomfortable way', such as the 'glare of the sun', or 'I was blinded by the glare of the headlights of the oncoming vehicles.' Applying the metaphor 'glaring' to an error means that the error is clearly evident.
IDENTIFYING METAPHORS
To identify metaphors when reading passages, first look for a term that describes something, then see if that term has a more literal meaning, one that is not usually used with reference to the word or situation currently being described. If you can find one, it is probably a metaphor.
Some examples:
he spoke cold words of little comfort
a gene map
a sad willow tree
primordial soup
to bailout the banks
road map to peace
toxic assets
"My new motor bike cost me an arm and a leg, but hey, you should see her fly!"
Metaphoric prose:"The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on."
From the Fog by Carl Sandburg
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From Prentice Hall Literature Bronze Edition page number What are examples of metaphor hyperbole personification and idiom in the short story Amigo Brothers by Piri Thomas?
I don't know specific examples but you can find success most likely in the description of the two characters' running.
Is metaphor difficult to identify?
Metaphor is a type of figures of speech. It's like a comparison to simile. Simile is easier to identify and it's often used "like" or "as". In metaphor, "like" or "as" isn't being used, so metaphors may sound a bit vague. In metaphor, you need to think really deeply and find out something that is not this thing and it's other thing. It can be confusing or it can sound nonsense. Metaphors are difficult to identify.
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From Prentice Hall Literature Bronze Edition page number What are examples of metaphor hyperbole personification and idiom in the short story Amigo Brothers by Piri Thomas?
I don't know specific examples but you can find success most likely in the description of the two characters' running.
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