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Orientational metaphor1 is an metaphor based on spatial relations. It usually involves oppositions like UP/DOWN, IN/OUT, LEFT/RIGHT, etc. For instance SAD IS DOWN like in "I'm a bit down today" is an orientational metaphor.
1 according to George Lakoff & Mark Johnson in Metaphors We Live By, 1980
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This statement is a metaphor. It is comparing seasons to celebrations without using "like" or "as."
What is a inverted metaphor?
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Is was a a similie or metaphor?
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What is a explicit metaphor?
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What figure of speech is You are my sunshine my only sunshine sunshine?
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