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 [mĕt́ə-fôŕ, -fər]
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Metaphor examples for educators, students and writers. Includes lessons and tutorials for school and essays on metaphor. ... Most Popular Metaphor Resources...
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Metaphor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A metaphor is a figure of speech concisely comparing two things, saying that one is the other. The English metaphor derives from the 16th c. Old French métaphore , from the Latin metaphora “ca...
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Metaphor - Definition of Metaphor at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Metaphor. Look it up now! ... You => A Metaphor Genius; 1000's Of Witty Example Metaphors Learn Clever Figurative Language...;
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; Definition: Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison. ... "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.
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Metaphor comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as as in a simile. ... It might almost be said that poetry is founded on two main means of comparing things: simile and metaphor.
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1. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. ... a. He was very strong. b. He was very tall. c. He kept returning the balls. d. His body was made of cells. ... 2. We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.
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Here are two senses of metaphor: ... A metaphor is the expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept, where there is some similarity or correlation between the two.
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