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Anonymous  #155664  Sun, 06 Nov 05 01:22 PM

I have an example of metaphor from the East about the purity. In the West,diamant is the symbol of purity but in Orient, it's the lotus.But I'm not sure.could you tell me it's  really a metsphor this kind of folksong:

Nothing is more besutiful thsn the lotus in t he pond

Green leaves, white flowers snd an added yellow pollen

Yellow pollen,white flowers, green leaves

Is next to the mud but doesn't smell this odour.

  
Anonymous  #156209  Tue, 08 Nov 05 12:12 AM
Wow, it sounds like you and I are in the same class. I also have to write 5 metaphors using examples from my life. I don't know where to start.
  
Anonymous  #156644  Tue, 08 Nov 05 11:58 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.
  
Tallulah Tam  #157188  Thu, 10 Nov 05 02:37 PM

"Wow, it sounds like you and I are in the same class. I also have to write 5 metaphors using examples from my life. I don't know where to start."

This project sucks.     (That's a metaphor the project does not really suck)

My life has been a sea of troubles.

School life was a breeze.

My father is a rock.

My mother is an angel.

These are very simple examples you could probably do better, but you get the idea.

Always remember:-

 Keep your shoulder to the wheel, your nose to the grindstone, and your eye on the ball.

(Now try to work like that)

 


 

  
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Tallulah Tam  #157190  Thu, 10 Nov 05 02:45 PM

"How infinite is the debt owed to metaphors by politicians who want to speak strongly but are not sure what they are going to say."

Winston Churchill.

  
Anonymous  #157802  Sat, 12 Nov 05 03:01 PM
i need examples of metaphors please
  
pieanne  #157810  Sat, 12 Nov 05 03:23 PM

Read the thread, Anon... Smile [:)]

 

  
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Anonymous  #158265  Sun, 13 Nov 05 10:32 PM
well, I didn't know people could have such a detailed disscusion on metaphors! Big Smile [:D] anyway I found this while looking for help with mataphors for a school project (yes, I'm a cheater) and i found it very helpful! so thank you all very much! now back to work!

and I'm not really replying to pieanne's post, well I might be but oh who knows! anyway, i just don't know how to post, since I'm a guest and all. kbye! Wink [;)]
  
Anonymous  #158652  Tue, 15 Nov 05 12:08 AM

"Her face was pale as the moon."

Is that not a simile?

  
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