What is a Metaphor ? A Metaphor is an “expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept‚ where there is some similarity or correlation between the two” according to the LinguaLinks Library. Metaphors are used by anyone trying to convey an idea in an indirect manner. We use them daily without realizing it. Metaphors put a twist in daily language in that they are a unique way of describing a concept. There are common metaphors that we use everyday and
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“Analysis Metaphors Essay” Amusement park rides hardly have any lessons to be learned‚ you usually get off at the same spot you got on the ride. Though it isn’t a land filled with lessons we can take examples of the way a ride works with how life works. “Life is a carousel”‚ and “life is a roller coaster”‚ are two different metaphors that sound very similar but also can mean different things. Life being a carousel could mean that sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down‚ and sometimes you
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Peter Mehnert Rhet 105 Ms. Paterson 11/14/12 Extended Synthesis: Cigarette Smoking Tobacco has played an important role in America from the beginning. It was grown as a cash crop by the Jamestown settlers in 1612‚ but over the years the popular opinion has changed about tobacco. Tobacco is used to make cigarettes‚ which have been extremely popular‚ now known to be extremely dangerous. Even the warnings on the cigarette box have changed to a statement much more alarming. In the 1960s‚ the warning
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SanTianna Simmons ENG 1102 25 April 2013 A metaphor is where you show how two unrelated things are similar. For example by saying "Love is a roller-coaster.” A key aspect of a metaphor is use a specific transference of a word into another context. The human mind creates comparisons between different things. The best writers use metaphors. Like poetry‚ a metaphor will express a thousand different meanings all at once‚ allowing the writer to convey much more content than they could do otherwise
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much the man cared for and loved his captain‚ he didn’t celebrate with the others‚ he didn’t rejoice‚ he only mourned the loss of his captain. There were many excellent literary devices that I found very meaningful to the poem‚ especially the extended metaphor of the captain being the man’s father. I found that to be very simple to understand and see‚ but at the same time genius because
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Extended Definition {To explain a new term or phrase} It is unfortunate that homosexuality is so looked down upon in our time and age. The definition “homophobia” was coined to describe a fear of homosexuals. However‚ the word is not used in the terminology it is meant to be used. I do not believe that people legitimately fear homosexuals as much as they are intolerant towards them. It is fear of abnormality that drives people to homophobia. In the 1970’s‚ George Weinberg coined the term
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Organizational Metaphors A metaphor for an organization is a phrase that determines how and what we think about organizations. Organizational metaphors shape the way we think about organizations and affect how we work and make decisions (McCrimmon‚ 2012). Organizational metaphors help people to see‚ manage‚ and understand everything we need to know about an organization. Gareth Morgan proposed eight metaphors of organizations that explain the elements of an organization in a metaphorical way and
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| 1. The American President‚ Abraham Lincoln once said “Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power.” As a leader your decisions will have tremendous impact on a great many others. Please provide an example of when you realized this in your career. Adversity tests a man’s determination. Most leaders possess this trait‚ as they would have gone through the long haul just to achieve their position. But it’s also true that power brings out the innate
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English 100 Metaphor in Area Other Than Literature Essay The purpose of metaphor is to conceptualize one thing in terms of another. Metaphorical concepts shape and reflect our perceptions‚ actions‚ and relations to others (Lakoff and Johnson 1). In the field of nursing‚ many metaphors have emerged which have greatly impacted the practice of nursing. These metaphors include the “nursing as military” metaphor‚ which typified nursing during the 19th and most of the 20th centuries‚ and the “nursing
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Metaphor—a literary technique used to clarify the “darkness inside a cloud” (Selection 2). The power of metaphor is utilized throughout the world of language on a daily basis to clarify‚ explain‚ and act as a moral instrument. Metaphor can be described‚ as it was by Cynthia Ozick‚ author of The Shawl‚ as “the mind’s opposable thumb”: just as one cannot grasp objects without an opposable thumb‚ one can also not write successfully without the aid of metaphor (Selection 1). Metaphor evidently has great
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