Examples of Metaphors

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just the truth

#70593 Fri, 28 Jan 05 01:38 PM

I just had to see what could possibly have caused 26,598 hits for this thread. I thought Mr M must have posted a bunch of nudes or something. Could that really be possible; 26,598 !!!

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Mister Micawber

#70604 Fri, 28 Jan 05 02:29 PM

All the anonymous 'Guest' threads are lumped by the machinery, JTT.

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'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

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#77102 Sun, 27 Feb 05 10:20 PM

I was wondering would "His face was pale" be a metaphor??

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Metaphors

Mister Micawber

#77141 Mon, 28 Feb 05 04:49 AM

No. 'Pale' is just a predicate adjective modifying 'face'.

Earlier in this thread (post #29796), there is a simile: 'her face was (as) pale as the moon'.

To convert this into a metaphor, we must rid ourselves of any 'like's and 'as's:

'Her face, a gibbous moon pale and glowering, unsettled me.'

ANY FURTHER POSTERS SHOULD READ THIS THREAD CAREFULLY FROM THE BEGINNING, AS IT CONTAINS SEVERAL DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES OF SIMILES AND METAPHORS.

Mister Micawber

Metaphors, Predicates

dickster

#83078 Wed, 23 Mar 05 01:20 AM

I need 5 metaphors. What role does language and language diversity play in the critical thinking process. How does language empower o limit the expression of our thoughts. What is the role of critical thinking in persuasion.

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Expressions, Metaphors

pieanne

#83320 Wed, 23 Mar 05 06:38 PM

It seems to me there are a lot of "oriental" visitors in here. (I'm totally "occidental", a Belgian living in France, and many posts come from China and other countries in the East),
so I find it would be interresting to compare metaphors from the East and from the West... ?

pieanne

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

Metaphors

Guest

#85895 Sat, 02 Apr 05 06:50 AM

this is strange. I'm looking for the same thing. Are you taking phl 251 @ uop?

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Metaphors

Guest

#89425 Tue, 12 Apr 05 11:02 PM

what is a metaphor.

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Metaphors

abbie1948

#89666 Wed, 13 Apr 05 07:15 PM

A metaphor is "a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them" (Websters)

if you read the whole thread, you will find definitions and metaphors

abbie1948

Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005

England

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Hope that helps. Abbie

Analogies, Metaphors

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