http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/StuckMetaphors/dxpzv/post.htm#323814Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:49:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:323814Pioussoul0http://www.englishforums.com/English/StuckMetaphors/dxpzv/post.htm#323814http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-323814.xmlYes, I concur with MrPeDantic. All of them contains metaphors except 3 and 7. If there are larger context given on 3 and 7, then it's easier to decide whether they do or not.http://www.englishforums.com/English/StuckMetaphors/dxpzv/post.htm#323810Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:49:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:323810MrPedantic1http://www.englishforums.com/English/StuckMetaphors/dxpzv/post.htm#323810http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-323810.xmlHello Anon 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 contain "dead" metaphors (i.e. phrases which incorporate metaphors that are so familiar that no one thinks of them as metaphors any more). 3 only contains a metaphor if the raven is unreal. 7 is a doubtful case. "Tossed" may be a dead metaphor; or it may be literal. All the best, MrP ___ Edit: By unreal, I mean "if there isn't a real raven".http://www.englishforums.com/English/StuckMetaphors/dxpzv/post.htmSat, 25 Apr 2009 23:49:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:323769Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/StuckMetaphors/dxpzv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-323769.xmlHey guys , I'm kind of stuck on this assignment where you have to find a metaphor in a whole 3 paged short story. I've narrowed down the search to some sentences but please help me tell apart which sentence is actually a metaphor, or if none of them are! thanks! 1. The dark clouds that night raced across the sky. 2. The wind whined and moaned through the cracks in the cabin. 3. A flash of light cast the shadow of a raven upon the wall. 4. The rain beat against the window and seeped under the sill. 5. The crying of the wind increased. 6. I leapt to the door and peered outside just as lightning filled the sky. 7. It revealed an overturned boat and a man being tossed out to sea.