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    English 1302 Dr. Hawley 5/9/2013 Herbert’s Metaphors George Herbert wrote the poems: “Alter” and “Windows” that have a good use of metaphor throughout each poem. Herbert has a good use of metaphor in these two poems that greatly enhances the meaning of them both. The metaphors used have affect over the connotation and the denotation of the adjectives and the analogies that are made with the use of the metaphors “Alter” has a great use of metaphor in not only the words but also the shape of the

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    Kaitlyn Truong Period 4 Literary Device Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech in which there is a comparison between two things or object that are contradictory or different but have a common characteristic. Is similar to a simile but is a hidden comparison because a metaphor doesn’t use the words "like" or "as" like a simile does. Example: " My mother gets very hysterical. She’s not too bad after she gets something thoroughly digested‚ though." (The Catcher in the Rye 51 Function: When Holden

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    Approaches to metaphor: Structure‚ classifications‚ cognate phenomena HELEN V. SHELESTIUK Abstract The article aspires to present a systematized view on the contemporary understanding of metaphor essence and structure‚ reviews various classifications of metaphor‚ and discusses cognate ‘similarity-based’ phenomena in natural language. The opposing views on metaphor as a three- and twocomponent structure are reconciled in the article through the analysis of di¤erent kinds of metaphors. Three types

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    A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is‚ on some point of comparison‚ the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association‚ comparison or resemblance including allegory‚ hyperbole‚ and simile. In simpler terms‚ a metaphor compares two objects or things without using the words "like" or "as". One of the most prominent examples of

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    Dead metaphor   Description A dead metaphor occurs where the once-evocative transferred image is no longer effective or even understood‚ perhaps being lost in the aeons of time. Example Fabulous was something worthy of fable. Like many other superlatives‚ it has lost its original edge and now just means ’good’. Money was so called because it was first minted at the temple Juno Moneta. The origin of ’the whole nine yards’ seems unknown‚ even to an expert word website. Discussion Dead metaphors are

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    NANG *** DANANG - 2011 This thesis has been completed at The University of Danang Supervisor: NGŨ THI N HÙNG‚ Ph.D H VI N M LINH Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luu Quy Khuong Examiner 2: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Phuoc A STUDY OF METAPHOR IN NEWSPAPERS (ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE) This thesis will be orally defended to the Examining Committee at the Field Study: The English Language Code: 60.22.15 University of Danang Time: November 3rd‚ 2011 Venue: University of Danang MASTER

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    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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    Metaphors in Poetry

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    The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way

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    Metaphor in Hamlet In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Act III scene 1‚ Hamlet’s soliloquy of "To be or not to be" is full of metaphors that bring the various themes of the play together. One of the primary themes of the play is Hamlet’s uncertainty of action and inability to decide how to cope with the problems he faces. In Hamlet’s soliloquy‚ Hamlet metaphorically discusses his indecisiveness about the importance of continuing his life and asks himself "whether ‘tis nobler of the mind to suffer the

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    Developing Imagery with Metaphors and Personification in The Kite Runner Sometimes an author will omit the word like or as when making a comparison. For example‚ in Chapter 4 Amir says‚ “Words were secret doorways and I held all the keys” (Hosseini 30). This kind of comparison is called a metaphor. An author can also create imagery through personification‚ or giving non-living object human characteristics. For example‚ Amir says‚ “Seconds plodded by‚ each separated from the next by an eternity”

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