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Metaphors Metonymy and Synecdoche
Includes questions about the use of expressions to refer one thing to another. Metaphors are comparisons without the use of the words "like" or "as". Ex: All the world's a stage. Metonymy shows association between two concepts. Ex: The press was banned from the room. (Press, meaning reporters.) Synechdoche is a part or a whole concept described by a single body part. Ex: All hands on deck.
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What does the metaphor top banana mean?
To be "top banana" is basically to be the leader of a group. For example, "The brother was top banana in the house when his parents left." This shows that the brother was in charge of his siblings and/or pet.
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What is the metaphor for a nurse is a?
Historically, nurses were the handmaidens to doctors. That metaphor has thankfully changed.
What are the metaphors in the lyrics viva la vida?
In the lyrics of "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay, there are several metaphors used to convey the themes of power, loss, and redemption. The line "I used to rule the world" metaphorically represents a fall from grace or loss of power. The phrase "Roman cavalry choirs" symbolizes strength and authority. Additionally, the imagery of "saints with broken halos" suggests a sense of imperfection and vulnerability despite a perceived sense of holiness.
What page is a metaphor on in the book bystander?
The metaphor "a chip off the old block" can be found on page 99 of the book "Bystander" by James Preller.
What is the metaphorical meaning of wet behind the ears?
New to the Job, naive, Lacking worldly experience and understanding.
How do you change ''he marched off to class like a soldier on a mission to a metaphor?
Well, "He marched off to class like a soldier on a mission," is a metaphor. It just happens to be a simile too.
Here's the thing: all similes are metaphors, but not all metaphors are similes. Both are comparisons made between dissimilar things; a simile just does it using "like" or "as."
If you wish to keep it a metaphor but make it no longer a simile, remove the like and insert a comma: "He marched off to class, a soldier on a mission."
What is a metaphor or simile for the word telephone?
The humble telephone is often referred to as the 'dog and bone' which is Cockney rhyming slang, and sometimes the 'blower' which comes from the tube device connecting a ships bridge to the engine room - the caller would blow into the tube and cause a whistle to sound at the other end to attract attention. The 2 people could then hold a conversation by alternating speaking into the tube and then listening to the reply.
What does the metaphor you are a wall mean?
someone who doesnt react, reply or talk as much as most people, maybe someone lazy and doesnt do much, if you try talking to someone who doesnt talk much, it is like trying to talk to a wall
What does chopped your head off mean?
It means took a sharp implement and chopped your neck until your head was no longer connected. Do you mean the idiom "bityour head off"? That means yelled at you severely, usually for no good reason.
Is others said that squealer that he can turn black into white a metaphor?
Well, it is sort of but not really. A metaphor is like comparing 2 things without using like or as e.g. the sun is a volcano. :)
What does the idiom she's baking up the wrong tree means?
The expression is barking up the wrong tree surely? I guess it refers to dogs chasing after some creature or person who has climbed up a tree - elswhere?
If you are barking up the wrong tree, you are complaining or arguing about the wrong subject; you are making a big noise over the wrong thing.
